بالق نفسی
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]From بالق (balık, “fish”) + نفس (nefes, “breath”).
Noun
[edit]- spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.
- Synonym: اسپرماچت (ispermaçet)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: balık nefesi
Further reading
[edit]- 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[1], 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[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335