بلو

Bulgar

Etymology

Cognate with Hungarian bélyeg, Chuvash палӑк (palăk). From Proto-Turkic *belig, cognate with also Old Turkic [script needed] (belgü).

Noun

بَلُو (belüw)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) monument

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 30, 182-183

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From an Arabic word related to بَلَا (balā).

Adjective

بلو • (bilv)

  1. old, worn out
  2. experienced

Further reading

  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “bilv”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bilegü.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? bilaw

Noun

بلو • (bilaw) (Hazaragi)

  1. a sharpening stone

References

  • Malistani, Tariq (1993), “بلو”, in فرهنگ ابتدائی ملی هزاره [farhang-i ibtidā'ī millī-yi hazāra]‎[3] (PDF), SIL International, page 31
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