batman

See also Batman

English

WOTD – 15 November 2012    

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbætmən/

Etymology 1

bat (“packsaddle”) +‎ man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast.

Noun

batman (plural batmen)

1. (military) A servant or valet to an army officer.

Translations

servant to an army officer

• Bulgarian: ординарец (bg) (ordinarec)
• Finnish: sotilaspalvelija (fi)
• German: Ordonnanz (de) f, Ordonanz (de) f
• Macedonian: ординарец (mk) (ordinárec) m

• Russian: денщик (ru) (denščik), ординарец (ru) (ordinarets), вестовой (ru) (vestovoy),
• Turkish: emir eri (tr), emirber (tr), hizmet eri (tr), yaver (tr)

See also

• batty man

Etymology 2

From Turkish batman.

Noun

batman (plural batmans)

1. A unit of weight used in the East.

Translations

unit of weight

• German: Batman (de)
• Russian: батман (ru) (batman)

Anagrams

• bantam, Bantam

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Noun

batman

1. A unit of volume: 1 batman = 4 pot (archaic) [1]

Declension

    declension of batman

Nominative	batman
Genitive	batmannıñ
Dative	batmanga
Accusative	batmannı
Locative	batmanda
Ablative	batmandan

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Turkish

FWOTD - 15 November 2012

Etymology

From Middle Turkic *batmān, from Old Turkic batman, from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑtmɑn/

Noun

batman (definite accusative batmanı)

1. (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period.
   • 1992, Pertev Nailı̂ Boratav, Zaman zaman içinde^[2], page 38:

     Bin batmandan olsa kazan
     Ustager değil mi düzen
     Hayranlık esince cana
     Bengilik de gereğ olur.

     Even if the kettle weighs thousands of batmans
     Isn't the order skillful
     If the admiration blows to the soul
     The eternity also is indispensable.