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.)
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.