bilgin

See also: Bilgin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلمك (bilmek)[1] or بیلمك (“to know, to understand, to recognize”),[2] Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”),[3][4] morphologically bil- +‎ -gin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bilˈɟin/
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  • Hyphenation: bil‧gin

Noun

bilgin (definite accusative bilgini, plural bilginler)

  1. A learned person, pundit, scholar.
    Synonym: âlim

Declension
Inflection
Nominative bilgin
Definite accusative bilgini
Singular Plural
Nominative bilgin bilginler
Definite accusative bilgini bilginleri
Dative bilgine bilginlere
Locative bilginde bilginlerde
Ablative bilginden bilginlerden
Genitive bilginin bilginlerin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular bilginim bilginlerim
2nd singular bilginsin bilginlersin
3rd singular bilgin
bilgindir		 bilginler
bilginlerdir
1st plural bilginiz bilginleriz
2nd plural bilginsiniz bilginlersiniz
3rd plural bilginler bilginlerdir

Derived terms
  • bilgince
  • bilginlik
  • ruh bilgini

Noun

bilgin

  1. second-person singular possessive of bilgi

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 384
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بیلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
  3. 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
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilgin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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