batman

Etymology 1
From. The element bat is from, from , from , possibly from.

Noun

 * 1)  A servant or valet to a military officer.
 * 2)  A personal assistant or supporter.
 * 1)  A personal assistant or supporter.
 * 1)  A personal assistant or supporter.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ордина́рец
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: ушмовардо
 * Finnish: sotilaspalvelija
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: cacula
 * Macedonian: орди́нарец, ордона́нс
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Turkish:, , ,

Verb

 * 1) To act as a batman, wait on an officer.

Etymology 2
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
 * 2)  A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.

Meronyms

 * or ; ; or ;
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Translations

 * German: Batman
 * Ottoman Turkish: بطمان, باطمان, باتمان
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 3
In reference to the superhero Batman.

Verb

 * 1)  To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of weight corresponding to 20.

Etymology
Its shape being likened to Batman's chest logo.

Noun

 * 1) a ; a common name of the spiders in the genus

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  batsman

Etymology
From, from , from , compare 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period.