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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sperma (“sperm”) + cētī, genitive of cētus (“whale”).
Noun
اسپرماچت • (ispermaçet)
- spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.
- Synonym: بالق نفسی (balık nefesi)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ispermeçet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2224
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسپرماچت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 74
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “spermaceti”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 539a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ispermeçet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسپرماچت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 86