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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian capitanu.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaptan m (plural kaptani, feminine kaptana)
- captain
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كاپتان, from Italian capitan or Venetan capitán.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: kap‧tan
Noun
kaptan (definite accusative kaptanı, plural kaptanlar)
- captain
Declension
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 78