بلج
Bulgar edit
Etymology edit
Acc. to Talât Tekin, from Proto-Turkic *belinč (“fifth”) and alternative form of Bulgar بلنج (belinč). Acc. to Erdal, from Proto-Turkic *baĺč and archaic form of Bulgar بج (“beginning”).
Adjective edit
بلِج or بلجِ (beliç or balçi)
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language][1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 83-86
- Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 107-109, 111, 122