بلکه
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Khalaj
[edit]Adverb
[edit]بَلکه (bəlki)
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bal.keː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæl.kʰʲe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bäl.kʰi]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | balkē |
Dari reading? | balki |
Iranian reading? | balke |
Tajik reading? | balki |
Conjunction
[edit]Dari | بلکه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | балки |
بلکه • (balke)
- but (... also)
- نه تنها آسانسور هتلتان خراب بود، بلکه ما از پلّکانتان هم نتوانستیم استفاده کنیم!
- na tanhâ âsânsor-e hoteletân xarâb bud, balke mâ az pellekânetân ham na tavânestim estefâde konim!
- Not only was the elevator of your hotel out of order, but we also couldn't use the stairs!
- but (... instead)
- من با مدیر حرف نزدم، بلکه با کارمندی که در آنجا بود حرف زدم.
- man bâ modir harf na zadam, balke bâ kârmandi ke dar ânjâ bud harf zadam.
- I didn't talk to the manager, but (rather) to the employee who was there.
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)
- Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)
- Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)
- → South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)
- → Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)
- → Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Laz: ბექითა (bekita), ბეჩი (beçi) — Atina, ბექი (beki) — Arkabi, ბელქი (belki) — Batumi
- → Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)
- → Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Hindustani:
- → Phalura: bálki (“but”)
- → Chagatai:
- → Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kazakh: бәлки (bälki), бәлкім (bälkım, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kyrgyz: балки (balki), балким (balkim, “maybe, perhaps”)