Where does “ağbalıq” come from?

ağbalıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani balıq, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ağbalıq (Azerbaijani): beluga

Definitions

  1. beluga

Ancestry of “ağbalıq”, step by step

ağbalıq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani balıq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanibalıqfish
2Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Azerbaijani ağ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniağwhite
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →