бәлки

Bashkir

Etymology

From Persian بلکه (balke).

Cognate with Kyrgyz балки (balki), Kazakh бәлки (bälki), Uzbek balki, Azerbaijani bəlkə, Turkish belki, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbæl.kʲi]
  • Hyphenation: бәл‧ки

Adverb

бәлки • (bəlki)

  1. maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably
    Бәлки, минең менән килешмәүселәр булыр.
    Bəlki, mineñ menən kileşməwselər bulır.
    Perhaps, there will be those who disagree with me.
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belə, bəlki, başqa səbəbe lə barźır.
    Who knows, there is perhaps another reason (for that).

Synonyms

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بالكي
Cyrillic бәлки
Latin bälki

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْکِه (balki). Cognate with Kyrgyz балки (balki), Bashkir бәлки (bəlki), Uzbek balki, Azerbaijani bəlkə, Turkish belki, etc.

Adverb

бәлки • (bälki)

  1. maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably

Synonyms