𐰋𐰃𐰠
Old Turkic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bilmək (“to know”), Turkish bilmek (“to know”), Uzbek bilmoq (“to know”), Bashkir белеү (belew, “to know”).
Verb
𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-)
- to know
Related terms
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰀 (bilme-)
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰼 (bilir)
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰕 (bilmez)
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏 (bilig)
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (bilge)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Bashkir бил (bil, “waist”), Turkish bel (“waist”).
Noun
𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bél)
- waist
References
- 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), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bẹ̄l(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill