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barbakan

Internationalism; compare English barbican. Possibly borrowed from French barbacane or German Barbakane, possibly through Spanish barbacana, or borrowed from Italian barbacane. Further etymology uncertain, possibly from Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”) or Persian بابخانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”).

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