Where does “বলকান” come from?

বলকান (Bengali) comes from English Balkan, from Ottoman Turkish بالقان — The Balkan mountains.

বলকান (Bengali): Balkan

Definitions

  1. Balkan

Ancestry of “বলকান”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBalkanOf or relating to the Balkan Peninsula; Of or...
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains
Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالقان →Every word from English Balkan →
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