نوتي

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs, “seaman”) and ναυτίλος (nautílos, “seaman; nautilus mollusc”), possibly via Aramaic, compare the Aramaic borrowings with this ending نُمِّيّ‎ (nummiyy) and سَكِّيّ‎ (sakkiyy) or دُرْدِيّ‎ (durdiyy), though seemingly an old loanword.

Noun

نُوتِيّ or نَوْتِيّ • (nūtiyy or nawtiyy) m (plural نَوَاتِيّ‎ (nawātiyy) or نُوتِيَّة‎ (nūtiyya) or نَوْتِيَّة‎ (nawtiyya))

  1. seaman, mariner, sailor
    Synonym: مَلَّاح‎ (mallāḥ)
  2. nautilus, a marine mollusc of a spiral shell

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ge'ez: ኖትያዊ (notəyawi)

References

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