dalyan

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طالیان (dalyan, “fishweir, fishgarth”), presumed to derive from Byzantine Greek *ἁλιάνειον (*haliáneion, “fishing place”).

Noun

dalyan (definite accusative dalyanı, plural dalyanlar)

  1. fishgarth, fishweir, or a fishing station on poles above the water where one looks out for fish and leads them into nets

Derived terms

  • dalyan ağı
  • dalyan çorbası
  • dalyan kapısı
  • dalyan köftesi
  • dalyancı

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