بالقان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Turkic balkan ("Swamp, rugged place, name of a mountain"), from Old Turkic bal- ("to cling, to be runny").[1] Cognate with balık.
Noun
بالقان • (balkan)
- a wooded mountain range
- a pass through a wooded mountain range
Descendants
- Turkish: balkan
- → Arabic: البَلْقَان (al-balqān)
- → English: Balkan
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “balkan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بالقان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بالقان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335
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