بالیكسر
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle”).
Proper noun[edit]
بالیكسر • (Balıkesir)
- Balıkesir (a city and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: Balıkesir
Further reading[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Balıkesir”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Balıkesir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 85