لوقنطه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• لوقانده (lokanda)

Etymology

From Italian locanda.

Noun

لوقنطه • (lokanta) (definite accusative لوقنطه‌یی (lokantayı), plural لوقنطه‌لر (lokantalar))

1. restaurant

Derived terms

• لوقنطه‌جی (lokantacı, “restaurateur”)

Descendants

• Turkish: lokanta
• → Albanian: llokandë — Gheg
• → Armenian: լոքանթա (lokʻantʻa), լոկանթա (lokantʻa)
• → Egyptian Arabic: لوكندة (lōkanda)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “լօքանթա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 93
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لوقنطه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1084