bitpazarı

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • bit (by elision)
  • bit pazarı (proscribed)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بت بازاری (bit pazarı, “louse market”).[1] By surface analysis, bit (“flea”) +‎ pazar (“market”). The term is attested in Turkish as early as the 16th century, leaving no possibility of a calque from French marché aux puces or English flea market, but the reverse could be true.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit.pa.za.ɾɯ/
  • Hyphenation: bit‧pa‧za‧rı

Noun

bitpazarı (definite accusative bitpazarını, plural bitpazarları)

  1. flea market

Declension

Declension of bitpazarı
singular plural
nominative bitpazarı bitpazarları
definite accusative bitpazarını bitpazarlarını
dative bitpazarına bitpazarlarına
locative bitpazarında bitpazarlarında
ablative bitpazarından bitpazarlarından
genitive bitpazarının bitpazarlarının

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: битпаза́р (bitpazár)
  • → Macedonian: бит-пазар (bit-pazar)

References

  1. ^ Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بازار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎[1], Vienna, column 651

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