balçık

Meaning

  1. slime, sludge
  2. mud
  3. (figuratively) something that causes trouble
  4. (Afyonkarahisar) parallelogram shaped patterns in carpets

Synonyms

sulu çamur

zifos

insan vücudu

bataklık çamuru

toprak künk

çömlekçi çamuru

Pronounced as (IPA)
/baɫˈtʃɯk/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالچق (balçık), from Old Anatolian Turkish بلچق (balçıq), from Proto-Oghuz بَلْجِقْ (balčïq), from Proto-Turkic *balčïk. Cognate with Azerbaijani and Salar palçıq.

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