بالق ایكنه‌سی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + ایكنه (iğne, “needle; pin”).

Noun

بالق ایكنه‌سی • (balık iğnesi)

1. fishhook, angle, a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing

   Synonym: زوقه (zoka)

Descendants

• Turkish: balık iğnesi

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balık iğnesi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 452
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “fishhook”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 193a