لیمان

From Byzantine Greek λιμένιον (liménion), from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn).

لیمان • (liman)

1. port, haven, harbor, any place where ships can be sheltered

   Synonyms: بندر (bender), مرسی (mersa)

2. estuary, the place where ocean tides and river water merge

   Synonym: خلیج (halic)

• Turkish: liman
• → Armenian: լիման (liman)
• → Greek: λιμάνι (limáni)
  • → Romanian: liman
  • → Russian: лиман (liman)

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