تراچه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• داراچه (daraça)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terrazza (“terrace”), from French terrasse.

Noun

تراچه • (taraça) (definite accusative تراچه‌یی (taraçayı), plural تراچه‌لر (taraçalar))

1. terrace, a flat, open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. (agriculture) terrace, a raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides

Descendants

• Turkish: taraça
• → Armenian: տառացա (taṙacʻa), թառացա (tʻaṙacʻa)
• Greek: ταράτσα (tarátsa)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “taraça”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4603
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924), “terrace”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 588a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “taraça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük