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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Ceiling fan

Turkish translation:

tavan pervanesi

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Dec 3, 2013 14:21
10 yrs ago
English term

Ceiling fan

English to Turkish Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Fans
Greetings

Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punkah

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
Proposed translations (Turkish)
3 +2 tavan pervanesi
3 +1 tavan yelpazesi
4 Tavan Vantilatörü

Discussion

ATIL KAYHAN Dec 3, 2013:
Punkah I would use "tavan yelpazesi" for punkah because it really represents a "yelpaze". On the other hand, "pervane" denotes a rotating blade system so it is actually a fan.
SeiTT (asker) Dec 3, 2013:
Sorry, I mean this (r.e. 'punkah') http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punkah
Larger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Melrose-natchez-2.jpg
SeiTT (asker) Dec 3, 2013:
Many thanks to you all. Would the same word be used for a punkah, please? The best picture is the first one on this page.

Proposed translations

+2
14 mins
Selected

tavan pervanesi

IMHO
Peer comment(s):
agree Türker Türkbayrak
3 hrs
Tesekkürler.
agree Salih Ay (X) : Please see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiling_fan
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, excellent!"
+1
2 mins

tavan yelpazesi

Peer comment(s):
agree Gulay Baran
1 day 8 hrs
Teşekkürler Gülay Hanım
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6 mins

Tavan Vantilatörü

Modern name for that kind of devices in Turkish:

http://online.bauhaus.com.tr/Catalog/Categories/Index/256
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