Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bile- (to sharpen).[1]

Verb edit

بیله‌مك (bilemek)

  1. to sharpen
  2. to grind
  3. to whet

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*bi̯ŭ́le”