باتی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish *باتو (batu) (only attested in compunds), from Proto-Turkic *batïg (“west”),[1] a development from *bat- (“to sink”), whence باتمق (batmak, “to sink”). Cognate with Azerbaijani batı.

Noun

باتی • (batı) (definite accusative باتیی (batıyı), plural باتیلر (batılar))

  1. west, one of the four cardinal points or compass points and the opposite direction from east
    Synonym: غرب (garb)
  2. west wind, zephyr, a wind that originates in the west and blows in an eastward direction

Derived terms

  • باتی قره یل (batı kara yel, “west-north-west”)
  • باتی لودوس (batı lodos, “west-south-west”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: batı

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “batığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 301

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