Levant, Levent,

Levant 

"Mediterranean lands east of Italy," especially the coastal region and islands of Asia Minor, Syria, and Lebanon, late 15c., from Middle French levant "the Orient" (12c.), from present participle of lever "to rise" (from Latin levare "to raise," from PIE root *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight"). So called because the region was (from Western Europe) in the direction of sunrise. Related: Levanter.

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Altaic Tai, knows Turkish

Answered Oct 2, 2018

Levent itself has derived from Levantino (eastern soldiers ) in Italian language . Venetians sailors used that word for those who were chosen sailors from Albania and Croatia . the word levent introduced from Persian to Turkish. in Turkish and Persian does have negatives means like : punk, drunkard, bad-tempered as well as fast mover , handsome, tall and graceful..

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levent

[ Osmanlı Kanunnameleri, <1520] ve daχı ˁavret ve oğlan varub su aldığı diyārda yudığı yerde levend [işsiz güçsüz, bekâr] tāifesinden kimse varmağa menˁ ideler"korsan?" [PiriR 1521] gün doğusı tarafına dolaşdukdan soŋra azmaklar vardur, ol azmaklaruŋ içinde levend kayıkları gizlerler ~ Fa lavand لوند işsiz güçsüz, boş gezen, başıbozuk Not: 18. yy'da "taşra derebeylerinin maiyetinde bulunan silahlı nefer" anlamında kullanılır. Levent semtinin adı, III. Selim zamanında (1789-1807) burada kurulan Levend Kışlası'ndan gelir. • Farsça sözcüğün kökeni açık değildir. Benzer sözcükler: levendane https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=LEVENT