شبكه

See also: شبكة and شبکه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَبَكَة (šabaka, “net”).

Noun

شبكه • (şebeke) (plural شباك)

1. net, a mesh of string, cord or rope

   Synonyms: آغ (ağ), دام (dam)

2. network, a fabric or structure of fibrous elements
3. any reticulation or interconnection
4. latticework, grating, especially the cenotaph of a mausoleum

   Synonym: (latticework) قفس (kafes)

5. the rete aranea of some kinds of astrolabes
6. (anatomy) arachnoid mater

Derived terms

• شبكی (şebeki, “reticulated”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şebeke

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شبكه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 719
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Rete”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1477
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شبكه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 2771–2772
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şebeke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شبكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1115