matbaa

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matba'a), probably an Ottoman coinage from Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʕa).

Noun

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matbaa (definite accusative matbaayı, plural matbaalar)

  1. printing press; printing house; printer (business)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matbaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1888
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 737