Where does “بال” come from?

بال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian بال, from Middle Persian b’lk’.

بال (Ottoman Turkish): honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees

Definitions

  1. honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees

Ancestry of “بال”, step by step

بال traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبالwing
2Middle Persianb’lk’—

via Proto-Turkic bạl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbạlhoney

via Arabic بَال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَالheed

Words derived from “بال”

Every word from Middle Persian b’lk’ →Every word from Persian بال →