دمیر بوزان

Ottoman Turkish

دمیر بوزان

Etymology

From دمیر (demir, “iron”) + بوزان (bozan, “spoiling, ruining”).

Noun

دمیر بوزان • (demir bozan)

1. antimony, stibium, a chemical element taking the form of a lustrous grey metal

   Synonyms: آنتیمون (antimon), راستق طاشی (rastık taşı)

Descendants

• Turkish: demir bozan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “demir bozan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1144
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمیر بوزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 398