köken: From Middle High German vestunge, from vesten (“to fasten, to secure”), from Old High German festen, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, secure”). Compare Dutch vesting, English fastness (“fortress”).
bastion, stronghold (place built to withstand attack) · bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea) · bastion (person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle)
çekim: çoğul bastiony · tamlayan bastionu
eş: beluarda, bulwar
köken: Borrowed from French bastion, from Old French bastille.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Compare with Bengali কেল্লা (kella), Marathi किल्ला (killā), Punjabi ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (kilhā).
köken: From the clipping of erőde, from erő (“strength, force”) + -de (noun-forming suffix) Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis · defence, protection, refuge, bulwark · tyranny (with arx as the abode of tyrants)
çekim: çoğul arcēs · tamlayan arcis
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard, hold, lock”). Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“to defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), arcera (“covered carriage for sick people”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to ward off, fend off”), Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)
... Trōiaque, nunc stārēs, Priamīque arx alta, manērēs.
venit in hoc illa fulmen ab arce caput.
Etimoloji
From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa or Old French forteresce, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).