بالقلامق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بالقلمق (balıklamak)

Etymology

From بالق (balık, “fish”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

بالقلامق • (balıklamak) (intransitive)

1. to writhe, squirm, wriggle, to twist one's body to and fro

Descendants

• Turkish: balıklamak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balıklamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 453
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالقلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالقلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335