Barbacane - Farsi

[Margrave]

Hi!

Not sure this is the right forum.

I was looking into the etymology of the French word barbacane, which is a military construction with loopholes to facilitate shooting the enemy outside the city/fortress wall. The etymology would be in the Farsi word bârbâk-khaneh or bab-khanah . I wonder if this Farsi word really exists and if yes, which is the meaning.

Any advice is welcome!

[eskandar]

I thought the word was a corruption of the Persian بالاخانه bâlâ-khânah (high room, upper room; balcony), which is also the source of Russian балаган and Hebrew בלגן . That etymology is suggested here.