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balaklava

Today it means: A former city in Crimea, now part of city of Sevastopol Full definition →

Russian Балакла́ва ← Ottoman Turkish بالقلاوه

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Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبالقلاوه
Russian · borrowed fromБалакла́ва
English todayBalaklava

From Russian Балакла́ва (Balakláva), from Ottoman Turkish بالقلاوه (balıklava), from بالقلاغه (balıklaga, “fishing ground”)

Words from the same roots

RussianБалакла́ва all →

Ottoman Turkishبالقلاوه all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.