مارانغوز بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

مارانغوز بالغی

Etymology

From مارانغوز (marangoz, “shipwright; carpenter”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

Noun

مارانغوز بالغی • (marangoz balığı)

1. sawfish, any ray of the family Pristidae

   Synonym: دستره بالغی (destere balığı)

Descendants

• Turkish: marangoz balığı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “marangoz balığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3060
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مارانغوز بالغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1654