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balta.

axe, hatchet

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/baɫˈta/

  1. axe, hatchet

  2. battle axe, hatchet

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta), from Old Anatolian Turkish بالطه (balta), from Proto-Turkic *baltu. Cognates Azerbaijani balta Bashkir балта (balta) Chuvash пуртӑ (purt̬ă) Crimean Tatar balta Gagauz balta Hungarian balta Karachay-Balkar балта (balta) Karaim балта (balta) Karakhanid بَلْدُو (baldu) Kazakh балта (balta) Khakas палты (paltı) Kumyk балта (balta) Kyrgyz балта (balta) Nogai балта (balta) Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳 (baltu) Serbo-Croatian ба̑лта Shor малта (malta) Southern Altai малта (malta) Tatar балта (balta) Turkmen palta Tuvan балды (baldı) Urum балта (balta) Uyghur پالتا (palta) Uzbek bolta Yakut балта (balta, “hammer”)

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