واردهقوسطه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• وارداخوستا

Etymology

From Venetan vardacosta (“coast guard”) (modern Italian guardacoste).

Noun

واردهقوسطه • (vardakosta)

1. (nautical) A small warship like those used by Venice to guard the coast.
2. (figuratively) a stout person, a voluptuous woman, an imposing man

References

• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 690, page 454
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “واردا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1298
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واردهقوسطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2121