بلمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bil-.

Verb

بلمك • (bilmäk)

  1. (transitive) to know
    • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:
      یدی دره قخولرن دلکو بیلور
      دونله کروان کچدکن تورغای بیلور
      اوغل کیمدن اولدغن آنا بیلور
      yedi därä qoḫuların dilkü bilür
      dünlä kärvān göçdügin turġay bilür
      oġul kimdän olduġın ana bilür
      [only a] fox knows the smell of the seven valleys
      [only a] skylark knows [which] caravan passes during the night
      [only a] mother knows who [her] son is from
  2. (transitive) to falsely believe
  3. (auxiliary) to be able to
    • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:
      بر يكيدك قره طاغ يومرسنجه مالي اولسه يغر دیرر طلب ايلر نصيبندن آرتوغن ييه‌ بیلمز
      bir yigidüŋ qara daġ yumrısınca mālı olsa yıġar, derär, ṭäläb äylär naṣībindän artuġın yeyä bilmäz
      if a brave man has goods as big as the lump of a black mountain, he breaks, slashes, demands, [but still] can't eat more than his fortune
  4. (transitive) to understand
    Synonym: آكلمق (aŋlamaq)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: bilmək
  • Gagauz: bilmää
  • Ottoman Turkish: بلمك (bilmek), بیلمك (bilmek)

Further reading

  • “bilmek”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “bil-”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 84

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بلمك (bilmäk), from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”).

Verb

بلمك • (bilmek)

  1. to know, understand
  2. to recognize

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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