белеү

белеү

Bashkir

Etymology

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

Cognate withOld 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

белеү • (belew)

1. to know

   Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.

   Kem belä, bälki, bašqa säbäbe lä barðïr.

   Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.

   Баҡтиһәң, кеше беҙ күреп белгән материаль тән генә түгел икән.

   Baqtihäñ, keše beð kürep belgän material’ tän genä tügel ikän.

   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 xäbärðärðe heððeñ gäzit aša beläm.

   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.

   Qatïn-qïððar ösön mašina yörötä belew — zaman talabï.

   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 räweškä inä belew — aktyorðïñ töp hönäre.

   To be able to act in different images is the main skill of an actor.

References

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