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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κήτος (kḗtos) and κῆτος (kêtos).
Noun
قیطس • (kaytus or kaytas or kıtus)
- whale
- Cetus
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیطس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508