Batman

Batman

See also: batman

English

Etymology 1

The province is named after its capital city, and the city is named after a nearby river, Batman River. Beyond that, the origin of the name is unclear.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /batˈman/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. A province of Turkey.
2. The capital city of Batman Province, Turkey.

Translations

a city in Turkey

Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Êlih (ku) f Kyrgyz: Батман (Batman) Macedonian: Батман m (Batman) Polish: Batman (pl) m Portuguese: Batman Russian: Батман (ru) (Batman) Turkish: Batman (tr)

See also

• Batman Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batman, Turkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. A surname.

Etymology 3

From bat +‎ man; originally the Bat-Man.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman (plural Batmans or Batmen)

1. A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.
   • 2015, Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spoken by Batman (Kevin Conroy):

     You’re afraid of being ashes. You’re afraid of being forgotten. And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me. I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!

   • 2015, Sarah Cross, Tear You Apart, Carolrhoda Lab, →ISBN, page 68:

     “But next time—” Night vanished before the guard could finish—just kind of disappeared like Batman—which Viv found almost as annoying as the fact that he'd dragged her down a well. He didn't think he had to explain himself?

   • 2019, Sean Johnson, Strange Like Me, page 212:

     I watched through squinted eyes as the driver-side door opened and a man stepped out wielding a Maglite, his other hand placed on his Batman-like utility belt. What all did they keep in those things? Surely the pistol, a few clips, handcuffs, ...

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Batman.

Hyponyms

• Batfleck
• Battinson

Translations

fictional hero

Arabic: بَاتْمَان‎ m (bātmān) Bengali: ব্যাটম্যান (bêṭmên) Chinese: Mandarin: 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (zh) (biānfúxiá) Dutch: Batman Esperanto: Vespertviro, Vespertulo Estonian: Nahkhiirmees Finnish: Lepakkomies French: Batman (fr) German: Batman Greek: Μπάτμαν (Bátman), Άνθρωπος Νυχτερίδα (Ánthropos Nychterída), Νυχτερίδας (Nychterídas) Hebrew: באטמן‎ m (betmen), איש העטלף‎ m (ish ha'atalef) Hindi: बैटमैन m (baiṭmain) Icelandic: Leðurblökumaðurinn Irish: Fear na nIaltóg m Italian: Batman Japanese: バットマン (Battoman) Korean: 배트맨 (Baeteumaen) Latvian: Betmens Macedonian: Бе́тмен m (Bétmen) Marathi: बॅट्मॅन m (bĕṭmĕn) Polish: Batman (pl) m Portuguese: Batman, Homem-morcego (rare) Romanian: Batman Russian: Бэ́тмен (Bɛ́tmen) Spanish: Batman Swedish: Batman, Läderlappen (dated) Tagalog: Batman Thai: แบทแมน (baetmaen) Turkish: Yarasa Adam Vietnamese: Người Dơi Welsh: Ystlumddyn m

Interjection

Batman

1. An intensifier for interjections created with the adjective holy, in imitation of dialogue between Batman and his sidekick Robin.

   Holy guacamole, Batman!

Verb

Batman (third-person singular simple present Batmans, present participle Batmanning, simple past and past participle Batmanned)

1. (slang, mountaineering) Alternative form of batman (etymology 3)
   • 2014, Ken Wylie, Buried, →ISBN, page 140:

     He laughed, Batmanned back up to his last piece of gear and hammered a 5/8-inch angle piton into the crack with an ascending ring like any nail met with a hammer.

Further reading

• Batman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Superman

Anagrams

• Bantam, bantam

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Batman f

1. Batman (a province of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey)
2. Batman (a city, the provincial capital of Batman, Turkey)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Batman c (genitive Batmans)

1. Batman

Synonyms

• Läderlappen (dated)

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Turkish

Batman ili

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باتمان‎ (Batman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑt.mɑn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. Batman (a province in southeast Turkey)
2. Batman (a city in Batman, Turkey)

Declension

    declension of Batman

	singular	plural
nominative	Batman	Batmanlar / Batman'lar
accusative	Batman'ı	Batmanları / Batman'ları
dative	Batman'a	Batmanlara / Batman'lara
locative	Batman'da	Batmanlarda / Batman'larda
ablative	Batman'dan	Batmanlardan / Batman'lardan
genitive	Batman'ın	Batmanların / Batman'ların

    possessive of Batman

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Batman'ım	Batmanlarım / Batman'larım
senin (your)	Batman'ın	Batmanların / Batman'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Batman'ı	Batmanları / Batman'ları
bizim (our)	Batman'ımız	Batmanlarımız / Batman'larımız
sizin (your)	Batman'ınız	Batmanlarınız / Batman'larınız
onların (their)	Batman'ı / Batmanları / Batman'ları	Batmanları / Batman'ları

Derived terms

• Batmanlı

See also

• (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak ^{(Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)}