تكیر بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

تكیر بالغی

Etymology

From تكیر‎ (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + بالق‎ (balık, “fish”).

Noun

تكیر بالغی‎ • (tekir balığı)

red mullet, any fish of the genus Mullus

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تكیر بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
Redhouse, J. W. (1884), “red mullet”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 525

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