بالطه

بالطه

Ottoman Turkish

بالطه

Alternative forms

• بلطه‎ (balta)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baltu (“axe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑl.tɑ/

Noun

بالطه • (balta)

1. ax, axe

Derived terms

• بالطه‌جی‎ (baltacı)

Descendants

• Turkish: balta
• → Arabic: بَلْطة‎ (balṭa)
• → Armenian: պալթա (paltʿa)
• → Bulgarian: балти́я (baltíja), балта́ (baltá)
• → Greek: μπαλτάς (baltás)
• → Ladino: balta
• → Romanian: baltag
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: bȃlta

  Cyrillic: ба̑лта

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “balta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بالطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 382