بلگو

Ottoman Turkish

بلگو

Alternative forms

  • بیلگو (bileği), بیله‌گی (bileği)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bilegü (“hone, whetstone”), a development of *bile- (“to sharpen”), from which بیله‌مك (bilemek, “to sharpen, hone”); cognate with Azerbaijani bülöv and Turkmen bilew.

Noun

بلگو • (bileği, bileğü)

  1. hone, whetstone, any stone used to sharpen an edged tool
    Synonyms: افسان (efsan), مسن (misenn), میقعه (mikaʿa)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bileği
  • → Armenian: պիլէյի (pilēyi) — Constantinople

Further reading

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