Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedesten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-desten
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).

Inflected Forms

bedestens (plural)

Questions

What does bedesten mean?
An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.
Where does bedesten come from?
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).

How to pronounce bedesten

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