Where does “قلج بالغی” come from?

قلج بالغی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

قلج بالغی (Ottoman Turkish): swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Definitions

  1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Ancestry of “قلج بالغی”, step by step

قلج بالغی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
2Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish قلج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقلجsword, especially a broad one
2Proto-Turkic*kïlï̄čsword
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →
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