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bedesten

bedesten noun: an indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

bedesten (plural bedestens)

  1. An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.

Forms of bedesten

pluralbedestens

Origin of bedesten

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).

Questions about bedesten

What does bedesten mean?
Bedesten means an indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is bedesten?
Bedesten is a noun.
What is the plural of bedesten?
The plural of bedesten is bedestens.

Words near bedesten in the dictionary

  1. bederals
  2. bederite
  3. bedes
  4. bedesman
  5. bedesmen
  6. bedesten
  7. bedestens
  8. bedeswoman
  9. bedeswomen
  10. bedevil
  11. bedeviled

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