بالنه

Ottoman Turkish

بالنه

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian balena.

Noun

بالنه • (balena)

whale, any large cetacean excluding dolphins and porpoises
Synonym: آطه بالغی (ada balığı)

Descendants

Turkish: balina
→ Azerbaijani: balina
→ Armenian: պալէնա (palēna)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balina”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 453
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balina”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335

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