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)
  • Turkish: 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

• بیلمك (bilmek)

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

• بلكو (bilgü)
• بلكیج (bilgiç)
• بلش (biliş)
• بلمجه (bilmece)
• بلمز (bilmez)
• بیلك (bilik)

Descendants

• Turkish: bilmek

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بیلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 384