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)
- 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