balek

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛk/

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balek

1. (Informal, vulgar) clipping of se battre les couilles de

From Ottoman Turkish بالق (balık, “fish”). Modern Turkish spelling is balık.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlɛk]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

balek (plural balekok)

1. dupe, mug, sucker (a person who can be easily fooled or deceived)

• balek in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• balek in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) IPA^(key): /bäle̞ʔ/
• Rhymes: -ale̞ʔ, -le̞ʔ, -e̞ʔ

balek

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“back”)

balek (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balek-balek)

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“back part, behind”)

balek

1. (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan) alternative spelling of balik (“to return, to turn”)

• H Idrus Lubis, Bustamil Ramli, Dasri MS, Nursal Hakim, M Nur Mustafa ((Can we date this quote?)) Kamus Indonesia–Melayu Riau [Indonesian–Riau Malay Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudyaan, →ISBN