دستره بالغی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From دستره (destere, “saw”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).
Noun[edit]
دستره بالغی • (destere balığı)
- sawfish, any ray of the family Pristidae
- Synonym: مارانغوز بالغی (marangoz balığı)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: testere balığı
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “testere balığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4770
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستره بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستره بالغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 902