üstübeç

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استوبج (üstübec), from an Iranian word meaning bright or white. See Persian سفید for more.

Noun

üstübeç (definite accusative üstübeci, plural üstübeçler)

1. white lead

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “üstübeç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استوبج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 105
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN