بالیه

Ottoman Turkish

بالیه

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian balla (“bale, large bundle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball, any round object”).

Noun

بالیه • (balya) (definite accusative بالیه‌یی (balyayı), plural بالیه‌لر (balyalar))

1. bale, pack, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

   Synonym: دنك (denk)

2. (agriculture) bale, a bundle of compressed fibers compacted for shipping and handling, bound by twine or wire

Related terms

• بالادور (baladur, “packer of opened bales”)

Descendants

• Turkish: balya

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “بالیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 281
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 457
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “bale”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 38a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 336

Etymology 2

Balya District

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰλαιᾱ́ (pălaiā́), the feminine inflection of πᾰλαιός (pălaiós, “old, ancient”).

Proper noun

بالیه • (balya)

1. Balya (a town and district in Balıkesir province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Balya

Further reading

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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Balya”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Balya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 86