Karakhanid edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Common Turkic *baltu (axe).[1]

Cognate with Chuvash пуртӑ (purt̬ă), Turkish balta, Uzbek bolta and Bashkir балта (balta).

Noun edit

بَلْدُو (baldū)

  1. axe
    اُتُونكْ كَساسٖى بَلْدُوOtūŋ kesēsī baldū.An axe for cutting firewood.

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “baltu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Noun edit

بلدو (plural بلدو-بلدو or بلدو۲, informal 1st possessive بلدوکو, 2nd possessive بلدومو, 3rd possessive بلدوڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of baldu