دربدر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

دربدر • (derbader)

  1. tramp, vagabond

Descendants
  • Turkish: derbader
  • → 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, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 508b
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