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English
Etymology
A widespread word in the Mediterranean[1] related to Latin battuo (“beat, strike”). Possibly directly from Ottoman Turkish ایمبات (imbat, “sea breeze; etesian”).[2] Doublet of limbat.
Pronunciation
Noun
imbat (plural imbats)
- A type of dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
References
- ^ Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 259
- ^ "imbat." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.
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