𐰉𐰆𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (to become). Cognate with Chuvash пулма (pulma), Karakhanid [script needed] (bolmāq), Turkmen bōlmak, Uyghur بولماق (bolmaq), Uzbek boʻlmoq, Bashkir булыу (bulıw), Kazakh болу (bolu), Khakas поларға (polarğa), Kyrgyz болуу (boluu), Southern Altai болор (bolor), Tuvan болур (bolur), Yakut буол (buol). Possibly cognate with Azerbaijani olmaq, Turkish olmak, Crimean Tatar olmaq.

Verb

𐰉𐰆𐰞 (bol-)

  1. to become, to happen
    Synonym: 𐰼 (er-)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bol-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 318
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bol-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 331
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bōl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bul- (to find). Cognate with Khalaj bulmaq, Azerbaijani bulmaq, Turkish bulmak, Yakut бул (bul).

Verb

𐰉𐰆𐰞 (bul-)

  1. (transitive) to find, to attain
Derived terms
  • 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰣 (bulun, captive)
  • 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰣𐰀 (bulna-, to capture, to seize)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bul-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 321
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bul-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bul-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill