مدالیه

Ottoman Turkish

مدالیه

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian medaglia (“medal”).

Noun

مدالیه • (madalya) (definite accusative مدالیه‌یی (madalyayı), plural مدالیه‌لر (madalyalar))

1. medal, a stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, or as a prize

Descendants

• Turkish: madalya
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕܵܠܝܵܐ (maddālyā)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “madalya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3000
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “midalia”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 354
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “medal”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 332a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “madalya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük