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badana

badana

Portuguese

Noun

badana m (plural badanas)

  1. flap, dust jacket (of a book)
  2. (informal) fin (of a fish, especially cod)
  3. (colloquial, pejorative) simpleton
  4. (archaic) old, scrawny sheep

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, inside, lining, liner).

Noun

badana f (plural badanas)

  1. sheepskin

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Occitan: besana

Turkish

Noun

badana (definite accusative badanayı, plural badanalar)

  1. whitewash

Declension