Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bil- (to know).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, to know);[2]Uzbek bilmoq (to know), Turkish bilmek (to know), Yakut бил (bil, to know, to find out), Chuvash пĕл (pĕl, to know), etc.

Verb edit

белеү (belew)

  1. to know
    Самаһын белһәң — дарыу, белмәһәң — ағыу.
    Samahın belhəñ — darıw, belməhəñ — ağıw.
    If you know its measure, (it's) a medicine, if you don't know, (it's) a poison.
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belə, bəlki, başqa səbəbe lə barźır.
    Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.
    Баҡтиһәң, кеше беҙ күреп белгән материаль тән генә түгел икән.
    Baqtihəñ, keşe beź kürep belgən materialʹ tən genə tügel ikən.
    As it emerges, a human is not only the material body that we see and know.
  2. to find out, to learn
    Районда булған бар хәбәрҙәрҙе һеҙҙең гәзит аша беләм.
    Rayonda bulğan bar xəbərźərźe heźźeñ gəzit aşa beləm.
    Through your newspaper, I know all the news in the district.
  3. (modal, takes verb in 3 person sing. present) to be able to, to know how to do something
    Ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар өсөн машина йөрөтә белеү — заман талабы.
    Qatın-qıźźar ösön maşina yörötə belew — zaman talabı.
    For women to be able to drive a car is the modern time’s necessity (=part of modern life).
    Төрлө рәүешкә инә белеү — актёрҙың төп һөнәре.
    Törlö rəweşkə inə belew — aktyorźıñ töp hönəre.
    To be able to act in different images is an actor's main skill.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bil-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 98