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)

1. 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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2150