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
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] (in French), 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
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