pansiyon

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پانسیون (pansiyon), from French pension.

Noun

pansiyon (definite accusative pansiyonu, plural pansiyonlar)

  1. boarding house, rooming house
    • 1940 August 27, Kenan Hulûsi, “Deniz kenarında [By the seashore]”, in Vakit, page 5:
      Bu yaz, ne bir otel ne de bir pansiyonda oturmadım.
      This summer, I didn't stay in a hotel or rooming house.

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pansiyon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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