Etymology

limbat

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Today it means: A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest. Full definition →

French limbat ← Ottoman Turkish امبات
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromامبات“sea breeze”
  2. French · borrowed fromlimbat
  3. English todaylimbat

From French limbat, a rebracketing of l’imbat, from Ottoman Turkish امبات (imbat, “sea breeze”). Doublet of imbat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.