بالق نفسی
Ottoman Turkish
بالق نفسی
Noun
- spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.
- Synonym: اسپرماچت (ispermaçet)
Descendants
- Turkish: balık nefesi
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balık nefesi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 452
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالق نفسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “spermaceti”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 539a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالق نفسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335
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