batman I باتمان، baṭman باطمان [SK/JB1-A] f. (). unit of weight : varying between 2 and 10 kg; 7.77 kg in Van (SK); 8 kg (MB); 16 kg in Amadiya (JB1-A):

• Ji Stembolê min guhark’ekê kirîye guhî ji baṭmanekê, xeleqa wê du min e, nala asênî (JB1-A, #139) In Istanbul I put in his ear an earring that weighed a batman, the hoop of which is two maunds, shaped like a horseshoe. (syn: ritil I) Cf. T batman = ‘formerly, weight varying between 2 and 8 okas (2.5–10 kg)’; NA baṭmân ܒܛܡܢ / baṭmân, f. = ‘a maund or batman, a weight of various kinds. The usual Urmi batman is about 32 lb. avoirdupois,= 8 haptas = 3,200 misqals, one-tenth of a load. The grocer’s batman, for weighing sugar, medicine, tobacco, etc. is one-fifth of the above, being 640 misqals; the goldsmith’s batman is 64 misqals’ (Maclean) [MB/K//SK/JB1-A/OK] < min II; ritil I >

Batman II باتمان baṭman f. (). town (originally called Êlihê) formerly in province of Siirt, but as of May 1990 separate province in Kurdistan of Turkey; village of the Beşîrî (tribe), and of a splendid bridge in its vicinity (HH). (also: betman بطن (HH)) [IF/A//HH]