matbaa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matba'a), probably an Ottoman coinage from Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʕa).

Noun

matbaa (definite accusative matbaayı, plural matbaalar)

1. printing press; printing house; printer (business)

Derived terms

• matbaacı (“printer (person)”)
• matbaacılık (“printing”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matbaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1888
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 737