آسفالت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French asphalte (“asphalt”), from Ancient Greek ἄσφᾰλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Noun

آسفالت • (asfalt)

1. asphalt, a sticky and highly viscous liquid or semisolid composed almost entirely of bitumen

   Synonym: قطران (katran)

Descendants

• Turkish: asfalt
• → Laz: ასჶალთი (asfalti)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asfalt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 312
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “asphalt”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 29a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asfalt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük