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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