batman

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See also: Batman and bất mãn

English

WOTD – 15 November 2012, 24 October 2016
Edward Ardizzone, Pulling off the Padre’s Boots (1940), collection of the Imperial War Museum, UK. It is a caricature of a military chaplain lying exhausted on a chair while his batman removes his footwear for him.

Etymology 1

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From bat (“packsaddle”) +‎ man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast,[1] from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”).

Pronunciation

Noun

batman (plural batmen)

  2. (military) A servant or valet to a military officer.
    Synonym: orderly
    • 1932, John Galsworthy, chapter III, in Flowering Wilderness […], London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:
      [A]s a rule the chambers were occupied only by Stack, who had been Wilfrid's batman in the war, and had for him one of those sphinx-like habits which wear better than expressed devotions.
  3. (by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
    • 2008, Darren Smith, Fade, →ISBN, page 278:
      He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands.
    • 2012, Jeffery Hayton, Just One More Time, →ISBN, page 78:
      Thank you to a special Carer, Thank you for being my nurse, My housemaid, and my cook, My batman and my chauffeur, And my eyes when I forget to look!
    • 2014, Andrew S Cowan, Estate Life, →ISBN, page 186:
      The Quease, as you will have read, thought this a huge cheek and, as is ever the case with her, was not slow to point it out. She further accused me of treating him as my batman.
Translations

Verb

batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)

  1. To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
    • 1985, Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, Vokes, my story, page 98:
      Batmanning was voluntary. McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.
    • 2000, Baylor Wetzel, Winter Project, →ISBN, page 96:
      OK, I batmanned. Give me an Xterm.
    • 2014, Andris Bear, Lust:
      Yes, well, had I known you were having a row with the loo, I would have batmanned the other direction.
    • 2017, Clare Makepeace, Captives of War, →ISBN:
      The preservation of the batmanning system in captivity was established through an Anglo-German agreement of 1918, which had allowed one orderly to be allocated to a group of seven imprisoned captains, one to a group of four field officers and one to each general.
See also

Etymology 2

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From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (bātmān).

Pronunciation

Noun

batman (plural batmans)

  1. (Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
  2. (historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
Synonyms
Meronyms
Translations

References

  1. ^ “batman”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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.

Verb

batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)

  1. (slang, mountaineering) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
    • 1993, Steve Roper, Allen Steck, The Best of Ascent: Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience:
      At 16,200 feet I batmanned madly down the fixed ropes, stopping constantly to catch my breath, not sure how much longer I could continue.
    • 2005, Alan Hobson, Jamie Clarke, Above All Else: The Everest Dream, →ISBN, page 53:
      Instead, they batmanned effortlessly hand-over-hand up the rope like kids pulling in perch.
    • 2006, Alpinist - Issue 18; Issue 20‎[1], page 36:
      The Germans had left fixed ropes in place, which the Brits unashamedly batmanned up to reach the summit ridge.
    • 2011, Kerry Burns, Cameron Burns, Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag, Wall, and Peak, →ISBN, page 96:
      So without hesitation I “batmanned” the rope, freed it, and we continued.
    • 2018, Nate Fitch, Ron Funderburke, Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber, →ISBN:
      When climbers fall they will usually want to return to their high point to resume climbing, and that will either involve batmanning or boinking.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish batman.

Pronunciation

Noun

batman (definite accusative batmanı, plural batmanlar)

  1. (historical) A unit of weight corresponding to 20 girvənkə (“pounds”).

Declension

    Declension of batman
singular plural
nominative batman
 batmanlar
definite accusative batmanı
 batmanları
dative batmana
 batmanlara
locative batmanda
 batmanlarda
ablative batmandan
 batmanlardan
definite genitive batmanın
 batmanların
    Possessive forms of batman
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanım batmanlarım
sənin (“your”) batmanın batmanların
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanı batmanları
bizim (“our”) batmanımız batmanlarımız
sizin (“your”) batmanınız batmanlarınız
onların (“their”) batmanı or batmanları batmanları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanımı batmanlarımı
sənin (“your”) batmanını batmanlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanını batmanlarını
bizim (“our”) batmanımızı batmanlarımızı
sizin (“your”) batmanınızı batmanlarınızı
onların (“their”) batmanını or batmanlarını batmanlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanıma batmanlarıma
sənin (“your”) batmanına batmanlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanına batmanlarına
bizim (“our”) batmanımıza batmanlarımıza
sizin (“your”) batmanınıza batmanlarınıza
onların (“their”) batmanına or batmanlarına batmanlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanımda batmanlarımda
sənin (“your”) batmanında batmanlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanında batmanlarında
bizim (“our”) batmanımızda batmanlarımızda
sizin (“your”) batmanınızda batmanlarınızda
onların (“their”) batmanında or batmanlarında batmanlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanımdan batmanlarımdan
sənin (“your”) batmanından batmanlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanından batmanlarından
bizim (“our”) batmanımızdan batmanlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) batmanınızdan batmanlarınızdan
onların (“their”) batmanından or batmanlarından batmanlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) batmanımın batmanlarımın
sənin (“your”) batmanının batmanlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) batmanının batmanlarının
bizim (“our”) batmanımızın batmanlarımızın
sizin (“your”) batmanınızın batmanlarınızın
onların (“their”) batmanının or batmanlarının batmanlarının

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Its shape being likened to Batman's chest logo.

Noun

batman

  1. 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)

  1. (cricket) batsman

Declension

Declension of batman
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) batman batmanul (niște) batmani batmanii
genitive/dative (unui) batman batmanului (unor) batmani batmanilor
vocative batmanule batmanilor

References

  • batman in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

FWOTD – 15 November 2012

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

Noun

batman (definite accusative batmanı)

  1. (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period.
    • 1992, Pertev Nailı̂ Boratav, Zaman zaman içinde‎[2], page 38:
      Bin batmandan olsa kazan
      Ustager değil mi düzen
      Hayranlık esince cana
      Bengilik de gereğ olur.
      Even if the kettle weighs thousands of batmans
      Isn't the order skillful
      If the admiration blows to the soul
      The eternity also is indispensable.

References

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