بالابان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compare Crimean Tatar balaban (“big”).

Adjective

بالابان • (balaban)

1. large; huge

Noun

بالابان • (balaban)

1. huge person or animal
2. tame bear
3. goshawk
4. large drum

Descendants

• Turkish: balaban
• → Armenian: պալապան (palapan)

References

• 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