matbaa
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matba'a), probably an Ottoman coinage from Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʿa).
Noun
matbaa (definite accusative matbaayı, plural matbaalar)
- printing press; printing house; printer (business)
Derived terms
- matbaacı (“printer (person)”)
- matbaacılık (“printing”)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “matbaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مطبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1888
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN