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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French asphalte (“asphalt”), from Ancient Greek ἄσφᾰλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).
Noun
آسفالت • (asfalt)
- asphalt, a sticky and highly viscous liquid or semisolid composed almost entirely of bitumen
- Synonym: قطران (katran)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asfalt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 312
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “asphalt”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 29a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asfalt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük