بالابان

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Crimean Tatar balaban (“big”).

Adjective[edit]

بالابان • (balaban)

large; huge

Noun[edit]

بالابان • (balaban)

huge person or animal
tame bear
goshawk
large drum

Descendants[edit]

Turkish: balaban
→ Armenian: պալապան (palapan)

References[edit]

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالابان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالابان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 379

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