balaban.
large, great, big, huge, of relatively great size or extent
Meaning & usage
large, great, big, huge, of relatively great size or extent
fat, fleshy, plump, corpulent, carrying more fat than usual
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالابان (balaban); further etymology is unknown. According to Çağbayır, it derives from Classical Persian بالا (bâlâ, “high, upper; supreme”) + بان (bân), variant of بانگ (bâng, “voice; sound, noise”), but Nishanyan argues for a derivation from a vulgarized form of Classical Persian پهلوان (pahlavân, “hero, paladin; wrestler”). If the second hypothesis is correct, this word would be a doublet of pehlivan (“wrestler”).
balaban, an Azerbaijani wind instrument consisting of a double-reed pipe with cylindrical bore
tame bear paraded and made to play and perform in the streets
ellipsis of balaban kuşu (“Eurasian bittern”)
synonym of gökdoğan (“peregrine falcon”)
synonym of kös (“large kettledrum”)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالابان (balaban); further etymology is unknown. According to Çağbayır, it derives from Classical Persian بالا (bâlâ, “high, upper; supreme”) + بان (bân), variant of بانگ (bâng, “voice; sound, noise”), but Nishanyan argues for a derivation from a vulgarized form of Classical Persian پهلوان (pahlavân, “hero, paladin; wrestler”). If the second hypothesis is correct, this word would be a doublet of pehlivan (“wrestler”).
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