آلابانده

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian alla (“to the”) banda (“side”), analyzed as one word.

Noun

آلابانده • (alabanda)

1. (nautical) a sharp turn to the side

   آلابانده سنجاق ― alabanda sancak ― hard to starboard!

2. (nautical) a side of a ship
3. (nautical, military) broadside (guns on one side of a ship)
4. (figurative) scolding; loud commotion

Descendants

• Turkish: alabanda
• → Greek: αλαμπάντα (alampánta)

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, § 16, page 57
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلابانده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179