فورس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English force.

Noun

فورس • (fors)

(nautical) top-flag, an admiral's flag flown from the top of the mast

Derived terms

فورس ایپی (fors ipi, “rope used for tying the wheels of a cannon”)

Descendants

Turkish: fors

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fors2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1609
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فورس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 913
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fors”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فورس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1400

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