Balkan

See also: balkan and Balkán

English

Etymology

From Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːlkən/

Adjective

Balkan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
2. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
3. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants

Synonyms

• Balkanic, Balkanian

Derived terms

• Balkanic
• Balkanian
• Paleo-Balkan

Translations

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula

• Albanian: ballkanik (sq)
• Arabic: بَلْقَانِي m (balqānī)

  Hijazi Arabic: بَلْقاني m (balgāni)

• Bulgarian: балкански m (balkanski)
• Catalan: balcànic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾幹／巴尔干 (zh) (Bā'ěrgàn)

• Czech: balkánský (cs)
• Danish: Balkan
• Esperanto: balkana
• Finnish: Balkanin, balkanilainen
• German: balkanisch
• Greek: βαλκανικός (el) (valkanikós)
• Hebrew: בַּלְקָנִי (balkani)
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• Irish: Balcánach
• Italian: balcanico (it)
• Lithuanian: balkanai
• Macedonian: Балкан (Balkan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: balkansk

  Nynorsk: balkansk

• Polish: bałkański (pl) m
• Portuguese: balcânico (pt)
• Romanian: balcanic (ro)
• Russian: балканский (ru) m (balkanskij)
• Slovene: balkánski m
• Spanish: balcánico
• Turkish: Balkan (tr)

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Finnish

Proper noun

Balkan

1. The Balkans.

Declension

Inflection of Balkan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Balkan	—
genitive		Balkanin	—
partitive		Balkania	—
illative		Balkaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Balkan	—
accusative	nom.	Balkan	—
	gen.	Balkanin
genitive		Balkanin	—
partitive		Balkania	—
inessive		Balkanissa	—
elative		Balkanista	—
illative		Balkaniin	—
adessive		Balkanilla	—
ablative		Balkanilta	—
allative		Balkanille	—
essive		Balkanina	—
translative		Balkaniksi	—
abessive		Balkanitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Balkan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Balkanini — accusative nom. Balkanini — gen. Balkanini genitive Balkanini — partitive Balkaniani — inessive Balkanissani — elative Balkanistani — illative Balkaniini — adessive Balkanillani — ablative Balkaniltani — allative Balkanilleni — essive Balkaninani — translative Balkanikseni — abessive Balkanittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Balkanisi — accusative nom. Balkanisi — gen. Balkanisi genitive Balkanisi — partitive Balkaniasi — inessive Balkanissasi — elative Balkanistasi — illative Balkaniisi — adessive Balkanillasi — ablative Balkaniltasi — allative Balkanillesi — essive Balkaninasi — translative Balkaniksesi — abessive Balkanittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Balkanimme — accusative nom. Balkanimme — gen. Balkanimme genitive Balkanimme — partitive Balkaniamme — inessive Balkanissamme — elative Balkanistamme — illative Balkaniimme — adessive Balkanillamme — ablative Balkaniltamme — allative Balkanillemme — essive Balkaninamme — translative Balkaniksemme — abessive Balkanittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Balkaninne — accusative nom. Balkaninne — gen. Balkaninne genitive Balkaninne — partitive Balkanianne — inessive Balkanissanne — elative Balkanistanne — illative Balkaniinne — adessive Balkanillanne — ablative Balkaniltanne — allative Balkanillenne — essive Balkaninanne — translative Balkaniksenne — abessive Balkanittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Balkaninsa — accusative nom. Balkaninsa — gen. Balkaninsa genitive Balkaninsa — partitive Balkaniaan Balkaniansa — inessive Balkanissaan Balkanissansa — elative Balkanistaan Balkanistansa — illative Balkaniinsa — adessive Balkanillaan Balkanillansa — ablative Balkaniltaan Balkaniltansa — allative Balkanilleen Balkanillensa — essive Balkaninaan Balkaninansa — translative Balkanikseen Balkaniksensa — abessive Balkanittaan Balkanittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalˌkaːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun

Balkan m (genitive Balkans)

1. Balkans, Balkan Peninsula

Derived terms

• Balkanese
• Balkanhalbinsel
• balkanisch
• balkanisieren
• Balkansprachbund

 

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Balkan

1. the Balkans

Derived terms

• balkansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Balkan

1. the Balkans

Derived terms

• balkansk

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlkaːn/
• Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun

Bàlkān m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀лка̄н)

1. (uncountable) the Balkan Peninsula
2. (uncountable) the Balkans

Declension

Declension of Balkan

	singular
nominative	Bàlkān
genitive	Balkána
dative	Balkanu
accusative	Balkan
vocative	Balkane
locative	Balkanu
instrumental	Balkanom

References

• “Balkan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Proper noun

Balkan

1. the Balkan Peninsula

Anagrams

• blanka