batman

== English == === Etymology 1 === From bat (“packsaddle”) +‎ man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæt.mən/ Hyphenation: bat‧man ==== Noun ==== batman (plural batmen) (military) A servant or valet to a military officer. Synonym: orderly (by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned) To act as a batman, wait on an officer. ===== See also ===== batter batty man === Etymology 2 === From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (bātmān). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /batˈman/ Rhymes: -an Hyphenation: bat‧man ==== Noun ==== batman (plural batmans) (Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg. (historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg). 1583 July 20, J. Newbery, letter in Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, p. 209: Euery bateman [in Bagdad] maketh 7. pound and 5. ounces English waight. 1753, G. Thompson & al. in Jonas Hanway's Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, Vol. I, p. 351: Their weights [in Khiva] are the great batman equal to 18 lb. russian, and the lesser batman 9¼. 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo": At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois. ===== Synonyms ===== man (من) (Persian contexts); maund (Indian contexts) ===== Meronyms ===== (subdivisions): dirhem or dram; cheki; rottol or rotl; oka (superdivisions): kantar or quintal; cheki ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== "batman" in the Ottoman Turkish Dictionary "batman, n.1", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Etymology 3 === In reference to the superhero Batman. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/ ==== Noun ==== batman Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America. ==== Verb ==== batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned) (slang, climbing) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does). === Anagrams === Bantam, bantam == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Cognate with Turkish batman. === Pronunciation === === Noun === batman (definite accusative batmanı, plural batmanlar) (historical) A unit of weight corresponding to 20 girvənkə (“pounds”). ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “batman” in Obastan.com. == Cebuano == === Etymology === Its shape being likened to Batman's chest logo. === Noun === batman a spiny orb-weaver; a common name of the spiders in the genus Gasteracantha == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English batsman. === Noun === batman m (plural batmani) (cricket) batsman ==== Declension ==== === References === batman in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman), from Proto-Turkic *batmān, from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptmʾn' /⁠paymān⁠/, “measure, period; moderation; treaty”), compare Persian پیمان (peymân, “pledge; pact; agreement; contract”). Doublet of peyman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑtmɑn/ === Noun === batman (definite accusative batmanı) (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period. === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “batman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük