Etymology

bedesten

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Today it means: An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish بدستان
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromبدستان
  2. English todaybedesten

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.