بالابان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Compare Crimean Tatar balaban (“big”).
Adjective
بالابان • (balaban)
- large; huge
Noun
بالابان • (balaban)
- huge person or animal
- tame bear
- goshawk
- large drum
Descendants
- Turkish: balaban
- → Armenian: պալապան (palapan)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “بالابان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “بالابان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 379