баклага

Etymology

Uncertain. Attested since 16th century. May be from some Turkic language, compare Crimean Tatar bakla (“wooden measure for grain”). May be from some South Slavic language, compare Bulgarian бъ́кел (bǎ́kel), бъ́клица (bǎ́klica, “bottle”), Macedonian баклица (baklica, “water vessel”), Serbo-Croatian ба̏кла (“wooden vessel for water or alcohol”), and also Byzantine Greek μποῦκλα (mpoûkla, “wooden wine wessel”) (on the other hand, Greek μπουκάλι (boukáli, “bottle”), μπουκάλι (boukáli, “large bottle”) are less likely to be related). Compare also Polish bukłak (“wineskin”) and dialectal Romanian butlagă, bătlag (“keg”).