بیلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

بلك (bilek)

Noun

بیلك • (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

آت بیلكی (at bileği, “cannon, a horse's bone”)
آیاق بیلكی (ayak bileği, “ankle”)
بیلك طمری (bilek damarı, “radial vein”)
بیلكچه (bilekçe, “handcuffs”)

Descendants

Turkish: bilek
→ Armenian: բիլակ (bilak)

Further 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, 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, 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, Vienna, column 878
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian (bilek), a diminutive of (bil, “spade, digging fork”).

Noun

بیلك • (bilek)

forkhead, an arrow with a barbed tip

Descendants

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, Vienna, column 1004
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”), the same root of بلمك (bilmek, “to know”).

Alternative forms

بلك (bilik)

Noun

بیلك • (bilik)

information, science, knowledge gained through study or practice
opinion, a belief, judgement or perspective that a person has formed
Synonym: آرا (ara)

Descendants

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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424

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