musandıra

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موصندره (musandıra), from the unattested Greek word *μεσάνδηρο (*mesándiro, “pedestal, mezzanine, balcony”).

Noun

musandıra (definite accusative musandırayı, plural musandıralar)

1. linen closet, a shelved closet used for the storage of bedlinen and associated bedding
2. shelf, a rigid structure used to support or display objects, especially one high un on a wall

   Synonym: sergen

Declension

Declension of musandıra

	singular	plural
nominative	musandıra	musandıralar
definite accusative	musandırayı	musandıraları
dative	musandıraya	musandıralara
locative	musandırada	musandıralarda
ablative	musandıradan	musandıralardan
genitive	musandıranın	musandıraların

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “musandıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3315
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “musandıra”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 298a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “musandıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük