Etymology

Balkan

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish بالقان
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبالقان
  2. English todayBalkan

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.