لیمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek λιμένιον (liménion), from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn).

Noun

لیمان • (liman)

  1. port, haven, harbor, any place where ships can be sheltered
    Synonyms: بندر‎ (bender), مرسی‎ (mersa)
  2. estuary, the place where ocean tides and river water merge
    Synonym: خلیج‎ (halic)

Derived terms
  • لیمان رئیسی‎ (liman reisi, “harbor-master”)
  • لیمانلق‎ (limanlık, “dead calm”)
  • لیمانلمق‎ (limanlamak, “to become calm (of the sea)”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: liman
  • → Armenian: լիման (liman)
  • → Greek: λιμάνι (limáni)

Further reading
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