𐰋𐰃𐰠

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Chuvash пӗл (pĕl), Khalaj bilmək, Azerbaijani bilmək (“to know”), Turkish bilmek (“to know”), Uzbek bilmoq (“to know”), Bashkir белеү (belew, “to know”), Yakut бил (bil).

𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-)

1. (transitive) to know, to understand
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54

     𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰓𐱅𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     üze:teŋri:ešidti:asra:kiši:bilti:tér

     Heaven above heard it; men below understood i t, it says.

• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏 (bilig)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (bilge)

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bil-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 313
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bil-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• 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

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Turkish bel (“waist”), Uzbek bel, Bashkir бил (bil, “waist”), Tuvan бел (bel).

𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bél)

1. waist
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 37

     𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰴𐰺𐰃:𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾

     bir:qarï:öküzüg:bélin:biče:qomursɣa:yémiš

     An old ox was eaten by ants, gnawing around its waist.

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bil”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330
• 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