Balkan
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːlkən/, /ˈbɒlkən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɔlkən/, /ˈbɑlkən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːlkən
Etymology 1
editFrom Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).
Adjective
editBalkan (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
- Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
- Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
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Etymology 2
editProper noun
editBalkan (uncountable)
- A region of Turkmenistan.
Translations
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish بالقان.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBalkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editInflection of Balkan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Balkan | — | ||
genitive | Balkanin | — | ||
partitive | Balkania | — | ||
illative | Balkaniin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Balkan | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Balkan | — | |
gen. | Balkanin | |||
genitive | Balkanin | — | ||
partitive | Balkania | — | ||
inessive | Balkanissa | — | ||
elative | Balkanista | — | ||
illative | Balkaniin | — | ||
adessive | Balkanilla | — | ||
ablative | Balkanilta | — | ||
allative | Balkanille | — | ||
essive | Balkanina | — | ||
translative | Balkaniksi | — | ||
abessive | Balkanitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editcompounds
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBalkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Balkans)
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editDeclension of Balkan [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editBalkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editBalkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBàlkān m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀лка̄н) (uncountable)
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editDeclension of Balkan
References
edit- “Balkan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
editProper noun
editBalkan n (genitive Balkans)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlkən
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlkən/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Regions of Turkmenistan
- en:Places in Turkmenistan
- English relational adjectives
- en:Europe
- Finnish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlkɑn
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlkɑn/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Regions of Europe
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Regions of Europe
- de:Peninsulas
- German uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Regions of Europe
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Regions of Europe
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian uncountable nouns
- sh:Regions of Europe
- sh:Peninsulas
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Peninsulas