bodrum

See also: Bodrum

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پودروم (podrum), بودروم (bodrum), from Byzantine Greek ὑπόδρομος (hupódromos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔdˈɾum/

Noun

bodrum m (plural bodrúme, definite bodrúmi, definite plural bodrúmet)

1. basement, cellar

   Synonyms: qilar, ahur

2. underground hole
3. (archaic) prison cell

   Synonym: burg

Declension

Declension of bodrum

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bodrum	bodrumi	bodrume	bodrumet
accusative		bodrumin
dative	bodrumi	bodrumit	bodrumeve	bodrumeve
ablative			bodrumesh

References

• Topalli, Kolec (2017), “bodrum”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 228-229

Further reading

• “bodrum”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Byzantine Greek ὑπόδρομος (hupódromos)bor.

Ottoman Turkish پودروم (bodrum, podrum)

Turkish bodrum

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پودروم (bodrum, podrum), borrowed from Byzantine Greek ὑπόδρομος (hupódromos, literally “under-walkway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bod.ɾum/

Noun

bodrum (definite accusative bodrumu, plural bodrumlar)

1. basement (floor below ground level)