balya

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالیه (balya), from Italian balla.

Noun

balya (definite accusative balyayı, plural balyalar)

  1. bale
    • 1939 February 14, “500.000 balya pamuk [500,000 bales of cotton]”, in Aydin:
      Hükûmet, pamuk mahsulümüzün 500.000 balyaya çıkartılması hakkında, Millî Şef İsmet İnönünün vermiş olduğu direktifin tahakkuku içiu hazırlanmış olan programın tatbikine devam etmektedir.
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References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 336
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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