𐰋𐰃𐰠
Old Turkic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Chuvash пӗл (pĕl), Khalaj bilmək, Azerbaijani bilmək (“to know”), Turkish bilmek (“to know”), Uzbek bilmoq (“to know”), Bashkir белеү (belew, “to know”), Yakut бил (bil).
Verb edit
𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-)
- (transitive) to know, to understand
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
- 𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰓𐱅𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- üze:teŋri:ešidti:asra:kiši:bilti:tér
- Heaven above heard it; men below understood i t, it says.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “bil-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 313
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “bil-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bil-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bil-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Turkish bel (“waist”), Uzbek bel, Bashkir бил (bil, “waist”), Tuvan бел (bel).
Noun edit
𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bél)
- waist
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 37
- 𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰴𐰺𐰃:𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾
- bir:qarï:öküzüg:bélin:biče:qomursɣa:yémiš
- An old ox was eaten by ants, gnawing around its waist.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 37
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “bil”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹ̄l(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill