بلج

Bulgar

Etymology

Acc. to Talât Tekin, from Proto-Turkic *belinč (“fifth”) and alternative form of Bulgar بلنج (belinč). Acc. to Erdal, from Proto-Turkic *baĺč and archaic form of Bulgar بج (“beginning”).

Adjective

بلِج or بلجِ (beliç or balçi)

1. fifth or first

   وقلت بلطوي رَمَضان ايخ بلج [...] تاريخ جِياجِ خُور وطر سكر حال

   Wafâti baltuwi Ramadhan ayxi balçi [küwen], târîxa çyêçi çü:r wotur sekir çâl

   The day she is passing from was first day of Ramadhan, the date was seven hundred thirty eight year.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 83-86
• Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 107-109, 111, 122