بلوك

See also: بلوک and پلوک

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English block and French bloc.

Noun

بْلُوك • (blūkm (plural بْلُوكَات (blūkāt))

  1. (coding, cryptocurrencies) block
  2. (architecture, production) block, any element in building or machinery approximating cuboid form
  3. (social sciences) a block, faction of people
    Synonym: كُتْلَة (kutla)
Declension
Declension of noun بْلُوك (blūk)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal بْلُوك
blūk
الْبْلُوك
al-blūk
بْلُوك
blūk
nominative بْلُوكٌ
blūkun
الْبْلُوكُ
al-blūku
بْلُوكُ
blūku
accusative بْلُوكًا
blūkan
الْبْلُوكَ
al-blūka
بْلُوكَ
blūka
genitive بْلُوكٍ
blūkin
الْبْلُوكِ
al-blūki
بْلُوكِ
blūki
dual indefinite definite construct
informal بْلُوكَيْن
blūkayn
الْبْلُوكَيْن
al-blūkayn
بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
nominative بْلُوكَانِ
blūkāni
الْبْلُوكَانِ
al-blūkāni
بْلُوكَا
blūkā
accusative بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni
الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni
بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
genitive بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni
الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni
بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal بْلُوكَات
blūkāt
الْبْلُوكَات
al-blūkāt
بْلُوكَات
blūkāt
nominative بْلُوكَاتٌ
blūkātun
الْبْلُوكَاتُ
al-blūkātu
بْلُوكَاتُ
blūkātu
accusative بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin
الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti
بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti
genitive بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin
الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti
بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük).

Noun

بُلُوك • (bulūkm (plural بُلُوكَات (bulūkāt))

  1. (military, Egypt, obsolete) company
  2. (Egypt, obsolete) wing of a building
Declension
Declension of noun بُلُوك (bulūk)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal بُلُوك
bulūk
الْبُلُوك
al-bulūk
بُلُوك
bulūk
nominative بُلُوكٌ
bulūkun
الْبُلُوكُ
al-bulūku
بُلُوكُ
bulūku
accusative بُلُوكًا
bulūkan
الْبُلُوكَ
al-bulūka
بُلُوكَ
bulūka
genitive بُلُوكٍ
bulūkin
الْبُلُوكِ
al-bulūki
بُلُوكِ
bulūki
dual indefinite definite construct
informal بُلُوكَيْن
bulūkayn
الْبُلُوكَيْن
al-bulūkayn
بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
nominative بُلُوكَانِ
bulūkāni
الْبُلُوكَانِ
al-bulūkāni
بُلُوكَا
bulūkā
accusative بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni
الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni
بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
genitive بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni
الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni
بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt
الْبُلُوكَات
al-bulūkāt
بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt
nominative بُلُوكَاتٌ
bulūkātun
الْبُلُوكَاتُ
al-bulūkātu
بُلُوكَاتُ
bulūkātu
accusative بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin
الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti
بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti
genitive بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin
الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti
بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti

References

  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →DOI, page 113 Nr. 55
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بلوك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 58

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بولك (bölük), بولوك (bölük)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫlük (part, fraction, section), from *bȫl- (to divide, separate, distinguish); cognate with Azerbaijani bölük, Kazakh бөлік (bölık), Kyrgyz бөлүк (bölük), Southern Altai бӧлӱк (bölük), Tuvan бөлүк (bölük).

Noun

بلوك • (bölük)

  1. part, division, subdivision, fraction, section
  2. (military) company of infantry, commanded by a captain
  3. (military) squadron of cavalry, comprising two companies
  • بولم (bölüm, division, portion)
  • بولمك (bölmek, to divide, separate)
  • بولگه (bölge, region, area, zone)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bölük
  • Albanian: bylyk
  • Arabic: بُلُوك (bulūk)
  • Armenian: բոլուկ (boluk)
  • Bulgarian: билю́к (biljúk), бюлю́к (bjuljúk)
  • Greek: μπουλούκι (bouloúki)
  • Macedonian: булук (buluk)
  • Romanian: buluc
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бу̀љук
    Latin script: bùljuk

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bölük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 674
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[2] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 323–326, Nr. 772
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 293b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Turma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 1705
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلوك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 886
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bölük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385b