Балкан

See also: балкан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐɫˈkan]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Балка́н • (Balkán) m

1. (in the plural) the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)
2. (uncountable) the Balkan Mountains (a mountain range in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)

Inflection

Declension of Балка́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	Балка́н Balkán	Балка́ни Balkáni
definite (subject form)	Балка́нът Balkánăt	Балка́ните Balkánite
definite (object form)	Балка́на Balkána
count form	—	Балка́на Balkána

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlkaːn/

Proper noun

Балкан • (Balkan) (Arabic spelling بالقان)

1. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɫkan]

Proper noun

Балкан • (Balkan) m (relational adjective балкански)

1. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Балкан

	singular
indefinite	Балкан (Balkan)
definite unspecified	Балканот (Balkanot)
definite proximal	Балканов (Balkanov)
definite distal	Балканон (Balkanon)
vocative	Балкану (Balkanu)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan)

Serbo-Croatian Балкан / Balkanbor.

Pannonian Rusyn Балкан

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Балкан / Balkan, from Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalkan]
• Rhymes: -alkan
• Hyphenation: Бал‧кан

Proper noun

Балкан (Balkan) m inan (relational adjective балкански)

1. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)

   Synonym: Балканске полуострово (Balkanske poluostrovo)

   • 2025 March 19, С. Фейса, “На найвисшим верху Балкана”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Медзи нїма бул и Славко Гербут з Руского Керестура хтори на Мусали, найвисшим верху на Балкану, розширел и нашу, руску заставу.

     Medzi njima bul i Slavko Herbut z Ruskoho Kerestura xtori na Musali, najvisšim verxu na Balkanu, rozširel i našu, rusku zastavu.

     Among them was Slavko Herbut from Ruski Krstur, who raised our Rusyn flag on Musala, the highest peak in the Balkans.

Declension

Declension of Балкан (Balkan)

	singular	plural
nominative	Балкан (Balkan)	—
genitive	Балкана / Балкану (Balkana / Balkanu)	—
dative	Балкану (Balkanu)	—
accusative	Балкан (Balkan)	—
instrumental	Балканом (Balkanom)	—
locative	Балкану (Balkanu)	—
vocative	Балкану / Балканє (Balkanu / Balkanje)	—

Related terms

nouns

• Балканєц m pers (Balkanjec)
• балканизация f (balkanizacija)
• балканистика f (balkanistika)
• балканияда f (balkanijada)
• балканолоґ (balkanolog)
• балканолоґия f (balkanologija)

verbs

• балканизовац impf or pf (balkanizovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “Балканско полуострво”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 833

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlkaːn/
• Hyphenation: Бал‧кан

Proper noun

Ба̀лка̄н m inan (Latin spelling Bàlkān)

1. Balkan Peninsula (a geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe)
2. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Балкан

	singular
nominative	Ба̀лка̄н
genitive	Балка́на
dative	Балкану
accusative	Балкан
vocative	Балкане
locative	Балкану
instrumental	Балканом

References

• “Балкан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026