لیمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

  • صو لیمانی (su limanı, “dock for boats”)
  • لیمان اوطه‌سی (liman odası, “harbormaster's office”)
  • لیمان رئیسی (liman reʼisi, “harbormaster”)
  • لیمان رسمی (liman resimi, “harbour duty”)
  • لیمانلامق (limanlamak, “to become calm (of the sea)”)
  • لیمانلق (limanlık, “dead calm”)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: liman
  • Crimean Tatar: liman
  • Turkish: liman
  • → Armenian: լիման (liman)
  • → Greek: λιμάνι (limáni)
  • → Romanian: liman
  • → Russian: лима́н (limán)
  • → Ukrainian: лима́н (lymán)

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