matbaa
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matba'a), probably an Ottoman coinage from Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʕa).
Noun edit
matbaa (definite accusative matbaayı, plural matbaalar)
- printing press; printing house; printer (business)
Derived terms edit
- matbaacı (“printer (person)”)
- matbaacılık (“printing”)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matbaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1888
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 737