بطمان

بطمان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• باطمان‎ (batman), باتمان‎ (batman), بطمن‎ (batman)

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz *patmān, from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptmʾn' /paymān/, “measure, period; moderation; treaty”), Compare Persian پیمان‎ (peymân, “pledge; pact; agreement; contract”).

Noun

بطمان • (batman)

1. A unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).

Descendants

• Turkish: batman
• → English: batman

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بطمن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 843
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بطمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 370a
• Redhouse, J. W.; Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 480b