بلطي

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently with a meaning-transferral along the way from Aramaic בִּילְטִיתָא (bilṭīṯā) / בּוּלְטִיתָא (bulṭīṯā) / ܒܶܠܛܺܝܬܴܐ (bəlṭīṯā, “woodworm”), from Akkadian bulṭītu, before bušṭītum (“woodworm”); compare for such a development Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos), Latin iūlus (“woodlouse; rainbow wrasse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bul.tˤijj/

Noun

بُلْطِيّ • (bulṭiyy) m

tilapia (Tilapia)

Declension

Declension of noun **بُلْطِيّ** (bulṭiyy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُلْطِي bulṭī	الْبُلْطِي al-bulṭī	بُلْطِي bulṭī
nominative	بُلْطِيٌّ bulṭiyyun	الْبُلْطِيُّ al-bulṭiyyu	بُلْطِيُّ bulṭiyyu
accusative	بُلْطِيًّا bulṭiyyan	الْبُلْطِيَّ al-bulṭiyya	بُلْطِيَّ bulṭiyya
genitive	بُلْطِيٍّ bulṭiyyin	الْبُلْطِيِّ al-bulṭiyyi	بُلْطِيِّ bulṭiyyi

Descendants

→ English: bolty
→ Ottoman Turkish: بلطی (bulti)