دربدر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian در بدر (dar ba-dar, “from door to door”).

Noun

دربدر • (derbader)

1. tramp, vagabond

Descendants

• Turkish: derbeder
• → Romanian: derbedeu
• → Armenian: տէրպէտէր (tērpētēr), դարբեդար (darbedar)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “derbader”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “derbader”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “در بدر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 508b