قوردون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian cordone[1] or French cordon,[2] in either case derived from Latin chorda and Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

Noun

قوردون • (kordon)

  1. cord
  2. cordon (line of guards)

Descendants
  • Turkish: kordon

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوردون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1483
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوردون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 979
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