تكیر بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تكیر (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

Noun

تكیر بالغی • (tekir balığı)

  1. red mullet, any fish of the genus Mullus

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكیر بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
  • Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “red mullet”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 525
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