بَصْمَة

بَصْمَة in English

Noun · feminine

1. print, fingerprint, mark, footprint, imprint

Word origin

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).

بَصْمَة: plural and other forms