𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷
Old Uyghur
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Karakhanid بِلْماكْ (bilmēk).
Verb
𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pylmʾk /bilmek/)
- to know, to recognize
- Synonym: 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwqmʾq /uḳmaḳ/)
- to understand
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾnklʾmʾq /aŋlamaḳ/), 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwqmʾq /uḳmaḳ/)
- (figurative) to dominate, to rule
Derived terms
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷 (pylyk /bilig/, “knowledge, mind, consciousness”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽿 (pylyš /biliš/, “friend”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pylylmʾk /bililmek/, “to be openly recognizable, to be transparent”) (said of facts)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽰 (pylkʾ /bilge/, “wise, educated; minister”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (pylkw /bilgü/, “thing that is known or is able to be known, knowledge”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽺 (pylkyn /bilkin/, “famous”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽻𐽶𐽷𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pylsykmʾk /bilsikmek/, “to be recognized”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pyltwrmʾk /biltürmek/, “to teach, to lecture”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽴𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pyltyzmʾk /biltizmek/, “to introduce oneself”)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968), “bilmäk”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 42
- Wilkens, Jens (2021), “(1) bil-”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 170