mümbit
Turkish
Alternative forms
- münbit
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish منبت (münbit, mümbit), from Arabic مُنْبِت (munbit), from نَبَتَ (nabata, “to germinate, sprout, grow”).
Adjective
mümbit
- fertile
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mümbit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “منبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1987
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN