واطوس

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Ottoman Turkish

واطوس

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Greek βάτος (vátos).

Noun

واطوس (vatos)

  1. rayfish, ray, sea ray, skate, rajiform fish
    Synonym: طرپانه (tırpana)

Descendants

  • Turkish: vatoz

References

  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 26