اشك بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اشك (eşek, “donkey”) +‎ بالق (balık, “fish”).

Noun

اشك بالغی • (eşek balığı)

1. stockfish, a cured and dried cod

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اشك بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 98
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشك بالغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 122