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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of bal (“ball; testicle”) + zak (“sack, pouch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.zɑk/
- Hyphenation: bal‧zak
Noun
balzak m (plural balzakken, diminutive balzakje n)
- a scrotum, a ballsack
- Synonym: scrotum
1938, Geneeskundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië, volume 78, page 2982:De zaadballen zijn niet in de balzakken te voelen.- The testicles cannot be felt in the scrota.
2021, Meghan Quinn, Sla je slag:‘Balzakken zijn een kunstwerk van God, die ze aan de man heeft gehangen als zijn persoonlijke babydraagzak. […] ’- "Scrota are an artwork from God, who hung them onto the man as his personal baby carrier sling. "
- a pouch in a billiard - or pool table
Usage notes
- Unlike the analogous term ballsack in English, balzak does not belong to a vulgar register and is considered appropriate for medical use.