امبات
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- انباد, انباط, امباط, ایمبات, ایمباط
Etymology
Related to Latin battuo (“beat, strike”). Compare Catalan embat, Greek μπάτης (bátis), Italian imbatto
Noun
امبات • (imbat or inbat or embad)
- sea breeze; etesian
References
- Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 257
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “امباط”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 143
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “ایمبات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 226
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “امبات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 195
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “ایمات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 307