pusula

Meaning

1. compass (navigational compass)
2. note
3. memorandum

Concepts

compass

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billet

account

note

scrip

tag

line

Synonyms

tezkere

not

Translations

boussole

🧭

bussola

🧭

bússola

🧭

Kompass

🧭

brújula

🧭

kompas

🧭

compas

brúixola

🧭

πυξίδα

Kompaß

بوصلة

🧭

compasso

🧭

billet

حُكّ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[pusúɫa]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: پوصوله

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish پوصوله (pusula), from Italian bùssola (“compass”), derived from Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”). Spread in the 14th century after the invention of compasses being boxed.