baliğ

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالغ‎, from Arabic بَالِغ‎ (bāliḡ), from بَلَغَ‎ (balaḡa, “to arrive at; to reach puberty”).

Adjective

baliğ (archaic)

amounting to, attaining
adolescent

Related terms

büluğ

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baliğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بالغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 334
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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