وبیل

See also: وبيل‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبِيل‎ (wabīl, “beetle, batlet”).

Noun

وبیل • (vebil)

kind of heavy stick used in eastern Christian churches to strike the board which is used for a bell

Further reading

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “وبیل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5332
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “وبیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2128

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