بالق نفسی

Ottoman Turkish

بالق نفسی

Etymology

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + نفس (nefes, “breath”).

Noun

بالق نفسی • (balık nefesi)

1. spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.

   Synonym: اسپرماچت (ispermaçet)

Descendants

• Turkish: balık nefesi

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balık nefesi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 452
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالق نفسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 247
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “spermaceti”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 539a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالق نفسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335