اسپرماچت

Ottoman Turkish

Borrowed from Latin sperma (“sperm”) + cētī, genitive of cētus (“whale”).

اسپرماچت • (ispermaçet)

spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.
Synonym: بالق نفسی (balık nefesi)

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ispermeçet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2224
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسپرماچت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 74
Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “spermaceti”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 539a
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Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسپرماچت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 86

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