Sart
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An assart, or clearing; land cleared for agriculture. UK, obsolete
"And the syte of an olde mylne with a littel sart that lyes betwixt the mylne and the Ellers with other land in Arthington and all the water within his fee for helping and sustayneing of the said nownree"
Proper Noun
- 1 A town in Manisa Province, Turkey, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia.
- 2 Sedentary Turk and Tajik people from Central Asia. historical
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"And the syte of an olde mylne with a littel sart that lyes betwixt the mylne and the Ellers with other land in Arthington and all the water within his fee for helping and sustayneing of the said nownree"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English sart, from Old French sart, from Medieval Latin sarrītum (“to hoe”).
Etymology 2
From Turkish Sart and Ottoman Turkish صارت (Sart), from Byzantine Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭 (sfar). Doublet of Sardis.