آسفالت
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French asphalte (“asphalt”), from Ancient Greek ἄσφᾰλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).
Noun edit
آسفالت • (asfalt)
- asphalt, a sticky and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid composed almost entirely of bitumen
- Synonym: قطران (katran)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: asfalt
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asfalt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 312
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “asphalt”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 29a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asfalt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük