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
  • → Armenian: պաթման (patʻman)
  • → English: batman
  • → Laz: ბათმანი (batmani)

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[1], Vienna, column 843
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بطمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], 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
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