امبات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• انباد, انباط, امباط, ایمبات, ایمباط

Etymology

Related to Latin battuo (“beat, strike”). Compare Catalan embat, Greek μπάτης (bátis), Italian imbatto

Noun

امبات • (imbat or inbat or embad)

1. sea breeze; etesian

References

• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 257
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امباط”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 143
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایمبات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 226
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امبات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 195
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایمات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 307