بطمان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

باطمان (batman), باتمان (batman), بطمن (batman)

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz *patmān, from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptmʾn' /⁠paymān⁠/, “measure, period; moderation; treaty”), Compare Persian (peymân, “pledge; pact; agreement; contract”).

Noun

بطمان • (batman)

A unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).

Descendants

Turkish: batman
→ Armenian: պաթման (patʻman)
→ English: batman
→ Laz: ბათმანი (batmani)

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بطمن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 843
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بطمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 370a
Redhouse, J. W., Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 480b