# balta
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baltu (“axe”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balta (definite accusative baltanı, plural baltalar)
* ax, axe

#### Derived terms

* baltalamaq (“to chop with an axe”)

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baltu. Cognate to Kumyk балта (balta), etc.

### Noun

balta
* axe

### References

* https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-1522.htm

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From a Turkic language, probably from Cuman, see Turkish below.
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paraćúš.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒltɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bal‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Noun

balta (plural balták)
* ax, axe
    Synonyms: fejsze, szekerce

#### Declension
### Further reading

* balta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* balta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal.ta/
* Rhymes: -alta
* Hyphenation: bàl‧ta

### Etymology 1

Uncertain.

#### Noun

balta f (uncountable)
* (Tuscan) Only used in dar balta

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian baltă (“swamp”).

#### Noun

balta f (plural balte)
* a floodplain of the river Danube

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

balta f (plural balte)
* basin

### Further reading

* balta$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* balta$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* balta$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* balṭah

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta). Arabic: بالطة.

### Noun

balta f (Hebrew spelling באלטה)
* ax

## Latvian
### Noun

balta m
* genitive singular of balts

### Adjective

balta
* inflection of balts:
** genitive singular masculine
** nominative singular feminine

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɐl.tɐ]

### Noun

balta f (plural baltos)
* white

### See also

Colors in Lithuanian · spalvos (layout · text) :
| balta | pilka | juoda |
| raudona | oranžinė; ruda | geltona; gelsva |
| žalsva | žalia | elektrinė |
| žydra | dangaus mėlyna | mėlyna |
| violetinė | purpurinė; violetinė | rožinė, rūžava |

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbalta]

### Noun

balta f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of baltă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta).

### Noun

bȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑лта)
* ax, axe

## Tatar
### Noun

balta
* axe

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta), from Proto-Turkic *baltu.
* Azerbaijani balta
* Bashkir балта (balta)
* Chuvash пуртӑ (purt̬ă)
* Crimean Tatar balta
* Gagauz balta
* Hungarian balta
* Karachay-Balkar балта (balta)
* Karaim балта (balta)
* Karakhanid بَلْدُو (baldu)
* Kazakh балта (balta)
* Khakas палты (paltı)
* Kumyk балта (balta)
* Kyrgyz балта (balta)
* Nogai балта (balta)
* Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳 (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”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɫˈta/
* Hyphenation: bal‧ta
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balta (definite accusative baltayı, plural baltalar)
* axe, hatchet

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
balta
baltalar
definite accusative
baltayı
baltaları
dative
baltaya
baltalara
locative
baltada
baltalarda
ablative
baltadan
baltalardan
genitive
baltanın
baltaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
baltam
baltalarım
2nd singular
baltan
baltaların
3rd singular
baltası
baltaları
1st plural
baltamız
baltalarımız
2nd plural
baltanız
baltalarınız
3rd plural
baltaları
baltaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
baltamı
baltalarımı
2nd singular
baltanı
baltalarını
3rd singular
baltasını
baltalarını
1st plural
baltamızı
baltalarımızı
2nd plural
baltanızı
baltalarınızı
3rd plural
baltalarını
baltalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
baltama
baltalarıma
2nd singular
baltana
baltalarına
3rd singular
baltasına
baltalarına
1st plural
baltamıza
baltalarımıza
2nd plural
baltanıza
baltalarınıza
3rd plural
baltalarına
baltalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
baltamda
baltalarımda
2nd singular
baltanda
baltalarında
3rd singular
baltasında
baltalarında
1st plural
baltamızda
baltalarımızda
2nd plural
baltanızda
baltalarınızda
3rd plural
baltalarında
baltalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
baltamdan
baltalarımdan
2nd singular
baltandan
baltalarından
3rd singular
baltasından
baltalarından
1st plural
baltamızdan
baltalarımızdan
2nd plural
baltanızdan
baltalarınızdan
3rd plural
baltalarından
baltalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
baltamın
baltalarımın
2nd singular
baltanın
baltalarının
3rd singular
baltasının
baltalarının
1st plural
baltamızın
baltalarımızın
2nd plural
baltanızın
baltalarınızın
3rd plural
baltalarının
baltalarının :

#### Derived terms

* balta girmemiş orman
* baltacı
* baltalamak
* baltalı

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “baltu: (balto:)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*baltu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “balta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 456