دستره بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

دستره بالغی

Etymology

From دستره (destere, “saw”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

Noun

دستره بالغی • (destere balığı)

1. sawfish, any ray of the family Pristidae

   Synonym: مارانغوز بالغی (marangoz balığı)

Descendants

• Turkish: testere balığı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “testere balığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4770
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستره بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستره بالغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 902