كوپك بالغی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كوپك (köpek, “dog”) +‎ بالق (balık, “fish”).

Noun

كوپك بالغی • (köpek balığı)

1. dogfish, any of various small sharks, but especially:
   1. the smooth hound (Mustelus mustelus)
   2. the tope (Galeorhinus galeus)

Descendants

• Turkish: köpek balığı

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “كوپك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 652
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “köpek balığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2786
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كوپك بالغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1046
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كوپك بالغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1582