باصمه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بصمه (basma)

Etymology

From باصـ (bas-, “to print, press”) +‎ ـمه (-ma).

Noun

باصمه • (basma) (definite accusative باصمه‌یی (basmayı), plural باصمه‌لر (basmalar))

  1. verbal noun of باصمق (basmak):
    1. printing, typography, the process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press
      Synonym: طبع (tabʼ)
    2. print, imprintery, books and other paper-material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium
    3. calico, a kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern
      Synonym: قالیقوت (kalikot)

Derived terms

  • باصمه چرخی (basma çarhı, “printing press”)
  • باصمه‌جی (basmacı, “typographer, printer”)
  • باصمه‌خانه (basmahâne, “printing house, printworks”)
  • باقر باصمه‌سی (bakır basması, “copper-plate printing”)
  • صاوات باصمه‌سی (savat basması, “niello impression”)
  • طاش باصمه‌سی (taş basması, “lithography”)
  • قالب باصمه‌سی (kalıb basması, “letter-press”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: basma
  • → Adyghe: басмэ (basmɛ)
  • → Albanian: basmë
  • → Arabic: بَصْمَة (baṣma)
  • → Armenian: պասմա (pasma)
  • → Gagauz: basma
  • → Macedonian: басма (basma)
  • → Romanian: basma

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