بالنه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian balena.

Noun

بالنه • (balena)

whale

Descendants

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

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بالنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بالنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335

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