بصمة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصمه‎ (basma, “printed, something pressed”). Analyzed as an instance noun (on the pattern of such words as رَسْمَة‎ (rasma, “a drawing; an artwork”) and بَسْمَة‎ (basma, “a smile”)), forming the denominal root ب ص م‎ (b-ṣ-m).

Noun

بَصْمَة • (baṣma) f (plural بَصَمَات‎ (baṣamāt))

print, fingerprint, mark, footprint, imprint

Declension

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Derived terms

بَصَمَ‎ (baṣama, “to thumbprint, to affix”)

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