*bạl-gɨn

1 tamarisk, 2 viburnum

Proto-Turkic: *bạlgɨn
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *bi̯ŏla
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 тамариск 2 калина
Turkic: *bạl-gɨn
Mongolian: *balčirgana, *baldargana
Tungus-Manchu: *boloka
Korean: *pùrò
Japanese: *bàrà(m)pì
Comments: EDT 338, ЭСТЯ 2, 52, VEWT 59, 324, Дмитр. 189, 201. Turk. > Mong. balɣu, balɣuna 'tamarisk'. Forms like balxɨ may be secondarily modified ('Balkh mulberry'), but in any case not < Iranian.
Karakhanid: bulɣuna, (dial.) malɣuna (MK) 1
Tatar: balan 2
Uzbek: balxi 'white mulberry'
Uighur: balan 2 (РУС 1956)
Azerbaidzhan: palan 2 (R)
Turkmen: balxɨ 'a k. of white mulberry'
Shor: palan 2 (R)
Oyrat: balan 2
Chuvash: (palan < Tat.), (*polan > Mari polan 2)
Yakut: bɨlax 'white willow; willow branches as fodder'
Kirghiz: balɣɨn 1 'a k. of bush similar to žɨlɣɨn'
Bashkir: balan 2
Balkar: balan 2 (Karach.)