اسرب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اسرب (osrob), a variant of سرب (sorb, “lead”).

Noun

اسرب • (usrub)

1. lead, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal

   Synonyms: رصاص (rasas), قورشون (kurşun)

2. seal applied for transit in a custom house

Derived terms

• اسربی (usrubi, “leaden”)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسرب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 88
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Plumbum”, 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 1309
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسرب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 213
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسرب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 109