matbaa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matba'a), probably an Ottoman coinage from Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʕa).

Noun

matbaa (definite accusative matbaayı, plural matbaalar)

  1. printing press; printing house; printer (business)

Derived terms
  • matbaacı (“printer (person)”)
  • matbaacılık (“printing”)

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matbaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1888
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 737
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