بارجة

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Arabic[edit]

بَارِجَة

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This vessel is considered classically an Indian vessel; so it is likely connected to Sanskrit बेड (beḍa), Hindi बेड़ा (beṛā, boat).

Noun[edit]

بَارِجَة (bārijaf (plural بَوَارِج (bawārij))

  1. battleship, warship, barge

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: بارچه (barça)

Further reading[edit]

  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 328–332