بالق

See also: تآلف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bālïk (fish); cognate with Azerbaijani balıq, Bashkir балыҡ (balıq), Chuvash пулӑ (pulă), Kazakh балық (balyq), Kyrgyz балык (balık), Tatar балык (balıq), Turkmen bālyk, Uyghur بېلىق (bëliq) and Uzbek baliq.

Noun

بالق • (balık)

  1. fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water
    Synonyms: حوت (hut), سمك (semek), ماهی (mahi)
  2. (in general) any animal that habitually lives in water

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: balık
  • Armenian: պալըխ (paləx)
  • Bulgarian: балъ́к (balǎ́k)

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