بیلك
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *bilek (“wrist, forearm”); cognate with Azerbaijani bilək, Kazakh білек (bılek), Khakas білек (bìlek), Turkmen bilek, Tuvan билек (bilek) and Uzbek bilak.
Alternative forms
edit- بلك (bilek)
Noun
editبیلك • (bilek)
- (properly) forearm, the part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow
- (properly) foreshank, the upper part of the foreleg of cattle
- (usually) wrist, the complex joint where the hand is attached to the arm
Derived terms
edit- آت بیلكی (at bileği, “cannon, a horse's bone”)
- آیاق بیلكی (ayak bileği, “ankle”)
- بیلك طمری (bilek damarı, “radial vein”)
- بیلكچه (bilekçe, “handcuffs”)
Descendants
editFurther reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 604
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بیلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 303
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Carpus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 156
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 878
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Persian بیلک (bilek), a diminutive of بیل (bil, “spade, digging fork”).
Noun
editبیلك • (bilek)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: bilek
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilek3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 605
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بیلك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 1004
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424
Etymology 3
editUltimately from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”), the same root of بلمك (bilmek, “to know”).
Alternative forms
edit- بلك (bilik)
Noun
editبیلك • (bilik)
- information, science, knowledge gained through study or practice
- opinion, a belief, judgement or perspective that a person has formed
- Synonym: آرا (ara)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: bilik
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilik2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 608
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424