mümbit

Turkish

Alternative forms

• münbit

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish منبت (münbit, mümbit), from Arabic مُنْبِت (munbit), from نَبَتَ (nabata, “to germinate, sprout, grow”).

Adjective

mümbit

1. fertile

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mümbit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1987
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN