mümbit

Turkish

Alternative forms

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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1987
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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