Home › Words › B › bedestenbedestenbedesten · noun — an indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bedesten ranks #10,538 of 43,010 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).nounAn indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bezesteen 73% match — A bazaar. vs bedesten →bazaar 62% match — A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls. vs bedesten →marketstead 57% match — A marketplace. vs bedesten →marketplace 55% match — An open area in a town housing a public market. vs bedesten →beshlik 54% match — A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire. vs bedesten →piatza 54% match — Marketplace, meeting place. vs bedesten →bazar 53% match — A surname. vs bedesten →shuk 52% match — An Israeli street market. vs bedesten →