قیطس

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قیطاس

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κήτος (kḗtos) and κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

قیطس • (kaytus or kaytas or kıtus)

1. whale
2. Cetus

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیطس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508