بارجة

See also: پارچہ, پارچه, and بارچه

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • بِيرَجَة (bīraja), بَارُوجَة (bārūja)

Etymology

This vessel is considered classically an Indian vessel; so it is likely connected to Sanskrit बेड (beḍa), Hindi बेड़ा (beṛā, boat).

Noun

بَارِجَة • (bārija) f (plural بَوَارِج (bawārij))

  1. battleship, warship, barge

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: بارچه (barça)

Further reading

  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 328–332
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