بانیو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بانه (bana), بانیه (banya)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bagno (bathroom), itself from Latin balneum (bath), ultimately from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, bath, bathroom).

Noun

بانیو • (banyo)

  1. bathroom, a room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and usually a toilet
    Synonym: حمام (hamam)

Descendants

  • Turkish: banyo
  • Armenian: պանեօ (paneō)
  • Laz: ბანჲო (banyo)

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “banyo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 463
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بانیو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 250
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912), “banio”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 343
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893), “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 43
  • Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924), “bath”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 41a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “banyo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بانیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337