بالقان

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Turkic *balkan (swamp, rugged place, name of a mountain), from Old Turkic *bal- (to cling, to be runny), probably related to Proto-Turkic *bālïk (fish)[1] Cognate with balık.

Proper noun

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بالقان (balkan)

  1. The Balkan mountains

Noun

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بالقان (balkan)

  1. a wooded mountain range
  2. a pass through a wooded mountain range

Descendants

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  • Turkish: balkan
  • Arabic: البَلْقَان (al-balqān)
  • English: Balkan

References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balkan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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