baliğ

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالغ (baliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ), from بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to arrive at; to reach puberty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːˈliː/

Adjective

baliğ (archaic)

1. adolescent

   Synonym: ergen

Derived terms

• baliğ olmak

Related terms

Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ب ل غ (0 c, 5 e)

References

• “baliğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 247
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baliğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 334
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN