اسپرماچت

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اسپرمچت (ispermeçet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sperma (“sperm”) + cētī, genitive of cētus (“whale”).

Noun

اسپرماچت • (ispermaçet)

1. spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.

   Synonym: بالق نفسی (balık nefesi)

Descendants

• Turkish: ispermeçet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ispermeçet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2224
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسپرماچت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 74
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “spermaceti”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 539a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ispermeçet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسپرماچت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 86