آسفالت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French asphalte (“asphalt”), from Ancient Greek ἄσφᾰλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Noun

آسفالت • (asfalt)

asphalt, a sticky and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid composed almost entirely of bitumen
Synonym: قطران (katran)

Descendants

Turkish: asfalt

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asfalt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 312
Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “asphalt”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 29a
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asfalt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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