بل
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Conjunction
بَلْ • (bal)
- (after a negative) but; rather
- لَا يَكْرَهُهَا، بَل يُحِبُّهَا
- lā yakrahuhā, bal yuḥibbuhā
- He doesn’t hate her, but rather loves her.
- (after an affirmative) used to cancel what precedes it and confirm what follows it
- جَاءَتْ سُعَادُ، بَلْ سَلْمَى
- jāʔat suʕādu, bal salmā
- It wasn't Su'ad that came, but rather Salma.
Synonyms
- (but, rather): لٰكِنْ (lākin)
Derived terms
- بَلْ وَ (bal wa)
Descendants
- → Classical Persian: بَلْکِه (balki)
- → Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)
- Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)
- Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)
- → South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)
- → Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)
- → Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Laz: ბექითა (bekita), ბეჩი (beçi) — Atina, ბექი (beki) — Arkabi, ბელქი (belki) — Batumi
- → Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)
- → Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Hindustani:
- → Phalura: bálki (“but”)
- → Chagatai:
- → Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kazakh: бәлки (bälki), бәлкім (bälkım, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kyrgyz: балки (balki), балким (balkim, “maybe, perhaps”)
Etymology 2
Verb
بَلَّ • (balla) I (non-past يَبُلُّ (yabullu), verbal noun بَلّ (ball) or بِلَّة (billa))
Conjugation
| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
بَلّ, بِلَّة ball, billa | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
بَالّ bāll | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
مَبْلُول mablūl | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | بَلَلْتُ balaltu |
بَلَلْتَ balalta |
بَلَّ balla |
بَلَلْتُمَا balaltumā |
بَلَّا ballā |
بَلَلْنَا balalnā |
بَلَلْتُمْ balaltum |
بَلُّوا ballū | |||
| f | بَلَلْتِ balalti |
بَلَّتْ ballat |
بَلَّتَا ballatā |
بَلَلْتُنَّ balaltunna |
بَلَلْنَ balalna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | أَبُلُّ ʔabullu |
تَبُلُّ tabullu |
يَبُلُّ yabullu |
تَبُلَّانِ tabullāni |
يَبُلَّانِ yabullāni |
نَبُلُّ nabullu |
تَبُلُّونَ tabullūna |
يَبُلُّونَ yabullūna | |||
| f | تَبُلِّينَ tabullīna |
تَبُلُّ tabullu |
تَبُلَّانِ tabullāni |
تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna |
يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | أَبُلَّ ʔabulla |
تَبُلَّ tabulla |
يَبُلَّ yabulla |
تَبُلَّا tabullā |
يَبُلَّا yabullā |
نَبُلَّ nabulla |
تَبُلُّوا tabullū |
يَبُلُّوا yabullū | |||
| f | تَبُلِّي tabullī |
تَبُلَّ tabulla |
تَبُلَّا tabullā |
تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna |
يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | أَبُلَّ, أَبُلِّ, أَبْلُلْ ʔabulla, ʔabulli, ʔablul |
تَبُلَّ, تَبُلِّ, تَبْلُلْ tabulla, tabulli, tablul |
يَبُلَّ, يَبُلِّ, يَبْلُلْ yabulla, yabulli, yablul |
تَبُلَّا tabullā |
يَبُلَّا yabullā |
نَبُلَّ, نَبُلِّ, نَبْلُلْ nabulla, nabulli, nablul |
تَبُلُّوا tabullū |
يَبُلُّوا yabullū | |||
| f | تَبُلِّي tabullī |
تَبُلَّ, تَبُلِّ, تَبْلُلْ tabulla, tabulli, tablul |
تَبُلَّا tabullā |
تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna |
يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر |
m | بُلَّ, بُلِّ, اُبْلُلْ bulla, bulli, ublul |
بُلَّا bullā |
بُلُّوا bullū |
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| f | بُلِّي bullī |
اُبْلُلْنَ ublulna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | بُلِلْتُ buliltu |
بُلِلْتَ bulilta |
بُلَّ bulla |
بُلِلْتُمَا buliltumā |
بُلَّا bullā |
بُلِلْنَا bulilnā |
بُلِلْتُمْ buliltum |
بُلُّوا bullū | |||
| f | بُلِلْتِ bulilti |
بُلَّتْ bullat |
بُلَّتَا bullatā |
بُلِلْتُنَّ buliltunna |
بُلِلْنَ bulilna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | أُبَلُّ ʔuballu |
تُبَلُّ tuballu |
يُبَلُّ yuballu |
تُبَلَّانِ tuballāni |
يُبَلَّانِ yuballāni |
نُبَلُّ nuballu |
تُبَلُّونَ tuballūna |
يُبَلُّونَ yuballūna | |||
| f | تُبَلِّينَ tuballīna |
تُبَلُّ tuballu |
تُبَلَّانِ tuballāni |
تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna |
يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | أُبَلَّ ʔuballa |
تُبَلَّ tuballa |
يُبَلَّ yuballa |
تُبَلَّا tuballā |
يُبَلَّا yuballā |
نُبَلَّ nuballa |
تُبَلُّوا tuballū |
يُبَلُّوا yuballū | |||
| f | تُبَلِّي tuballī |
تُبَلَّ tuballa |
تُبَلَّا tuballā |
تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna |
يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | أُبَلَّ, أُبَلِّ, أُبْلَلْ ʔuballa, ʔuballi, ʔublal |
تُبَلَّ, تُبَلِّ, تُبْلَلْ tuballa, tuballi, tublal |
يُبَلَّ, يُبَلِّ, يُبْلَلْ yuballa, yuballi, yublal |
تُبَلَّا tuballā |
يُبَلَّا yuballā |
نُبَلَّ, نُبَلِّ, نُبْلَلْ nuballa, nuballi, nublal |
تُبَلُّوا tuballū |
يُبَلُّوا yuballū | |||
| f | تُبَلِّي tuballī |
تُبَلَّ, تُبَلِّ, تُبْلَلْ tuballa, tuballi, tublal |
تُبَلَّا tuballā |
تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna |
يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna | |||||||
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 3
Noun
بَلّ • (ball) m
- verbal noun of بَلَّ (balla) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun بَلّ (ball)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Brahui
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wil. Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಲ್ಲು (billu), Tamil வில் (vil), Telugu విల్లు (villu) and Malayalam വില്ല് (villŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
بِل (bil)
Derived terms
References
- Bray, Denys (1934) “bil”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 73
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5422”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Bulgar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.
Verb
بَلْ (bal)
- (Volga Bulgar) to become
- وَفَاتِ بَلطُوي تَارِيحَ جيَاتِ جُور جيَارمِنشِ جَال مُحَرَم اَيخِ بَلنجِ كُوَان اَتِ ― Wafâti baltuwi târîxa çyêti çü:r çyêrmişi çâl Muharem ayxi belinçi küwên eti. ― The day he has died was in fifth day of Muharrem month of seven hundred twentieth year.
- تارِ[يج] جياتِ جور الُو وَجم جال شول [اَيخ] ون بيَالم كوان وفاتِ بلت ― Târi[yxa] çyeti çü:r el(l)üw weçim çâl Şawal [ayxi] wan byêlim küwên wafâti balti. ― He has died in the date of fifteenth day of the Şawal month of the seven hundred fifty thirth year.
- خير كون ارلا سعة وفات بالج ― Xayr küwen erle sa'at wafâti bâlçi. ― He has died at early time on the charity day.
- رحمه الله رحمه واسعه بلطر ― Rahmatullâhi rahmat wâsiatan baltur. ― God mercy on him. Amen.
Derived terms
- بلطر (balt'ur, “amen”)
Descendants
- Chuvash: пул (pul)
References
- İbrahim ARIKAN, İdil Bulgar Kitâbelerinde Geçen “BALTUR” Sözcüğü Üzerine, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Türkoloji Dergisi 21, 1 (2014) 15-24
- Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 74-75, 92-93, 104
- Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 36, 42, 163
- İbragimova, G. (2021) татарская эпиграфическая традиция: Булгарские эпи-графические памятники XIII–XIV вв. [Tatar epigraphic tradition: Bulgar epigraphic monuments of the 13th–14th centuries] (in Russian), volume I, Kazan: Академия Наук Республики Татарстан Институт Языка, Литературы и Искусства, →ISBN, pages 46-47
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /bél/), Azerbaijani bel, Bashkir бил (bil), Kazakh бел (bel), Kyrgyz бел (bel), Turkmen bil, Uyghur بەل (bel), Uzbek bel and Yakut биил (biil).
Noun
بل • (bel) (definite accusative بلی (beli), plural بللر (beller))
- waist, the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach
- loin, lumbus, the part of the body at each side of the backbone
- Synonym: میان (meyan)
- small of the back, the relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back
Derived terms
- بل آغریسی (bel ağrısı, “pain in the back”)
- بل باغلامق (bel bağlamak, “to prepare for an undertaking”)
- بل بوكلمك (bel bükilmek, “to be conquered in a contest”)
- بل صوغوقلغی (bel soğukluğu, “gonorrohea”)
- بل كمیكی (bel kemiği, “backbone, spine”)
- بل ویرمك (bel virmek, “to sag, to bulge”)
- بللو (belli, “possessed of a waist”)
Descendants
- Turkish: bel
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bel3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 532
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 123b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lumbus”, 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, Vienna, column 980
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 867
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 378
Etymology 2
Noun
بل • (bel)
- Alternative spelling of بیل (bil, “spade”)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bel7”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 534
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 867
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 378
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