balıklava
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish بالقلاغه (balıklaga), from بالقلاق (balıklak), from بالق (balık, “fish”). Possibly equivalent to balık (“fish”) + yuva (“nest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ba‧lık‧la‧va
Noun
[edit]balıklava (definite accusative balıklavayı, plural balıklavalar)
- good fishing ground
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “balıklava”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالقلاغه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335