بەل

Uyghur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛl/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish bel.

Noun

بەل • (bel) (plural بەللەر (beller))

  1. (anatomy) waist, loin

Etymology 2

From Persian بیل (bil, “shovel, spade”).

Noun

بەل • (bel) (plural بەللەر (beller))

  1. shovel

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330
  2. 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

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.