وندیك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Venetian venedego (“Venetian”) and Byzantine Greek Βενετικός (Benetikós, “Venetian”), variant of Ancient Greek Ἐνετικός (Enetikós) under influence from Latin veneticus, from Ἐνετοί (Enetoí, “Eneti; Veneti; Venetian”) + -ικός (-ikós, “ic: forming adjectives”). Compare the similar development of German Venedig, Swedish Venedig, etc. from venedego and veneticus.

Proper noun

وندیك • (Venedik)

Venice (a port city in northeastern Italy)

Derived terms

وندیكلو

Descendants

Turkish: Venedik

References

Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Venise”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 886
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وندیك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2150

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