balta

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Meaning

axe, hatchet

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
bal‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baɫˈta/
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta), from Proto-Turkic *baltu or *balto. Cognates Azerbaijani balta Bashkir балта (balta) Chuvash пуртӑ (purt̬ă) Crimean Tatar balta Gagauz balta Hungarian balta Kalmyk балт (balt) Karachay-Balkar балта (balta) Karaim балта (balta) Karakhanid بَلْدُو (baldu) Kazakh балта (balta) Khakas палты (paltı) Kumyk балта (balta) Kyrgyz балта (balta) Ladino balta Mongolian балт (balt) Nogai балта (balta) Northern Kurdish balte Old Uyghur [script needed] (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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