بالق طوتقالی

Ottoman Turkish

بالق طوتقالی

Etymology

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + طوتقال (tutkal, “glue”).

Noun

بالق طوتقالی • (balık tutkalı)

1. isinglass, a form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of certain types of fish

Descendants

• Turkish: balık tutkalı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balık tutkalı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 452
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “isinglass”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 286b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالق طوتقالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335