imbat

See also: îmbăt

English

Etymology

A widespread word in the Mediterranean[1] related to Latin battuo (“beat, strike”). Possibly directly from Ottoman Turkish ایمبات (imbat, “sea breeze; etesian”)[2] Doublet of limbat.

Noun

imbat (plural imbats)

  1. A type of dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.

References
  1. Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 259
  2. "imbat." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

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