نوت

نُوتِىٌّ ذ [and ↓ نَوَّاتٌ] A sailor upon the sea, (S, K,) who turns about the ship in the sea: (TA:) pl. of the former نَوَاتِىُّ, (S, K,) [and of the latter] نَوَّاتُونَ. (TA.) Accord. to J, from the language of the people of Syria: accord. to others, an arabicized word [from the Greek ναύτησ ]. (TA.)