بلوك

See also: بلوک and پلوک

Arabic

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English block and French bloc.

    Noun

    بْلُوك • (blūkm (plural بْلُوكَات (blūkāt))

    1. (coding, cryptocurrencies) block
    2. (architecture, production) block, any element in building or machinery approximating cuboid form
    3. (social sciences) a block, faction of people
      Synonym: كُتْلَة (kutla)
    Declension
    Declension of noun بْلُوك (blūk)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal بْلُوك
    blūk
    الْبْلُوك
    al-blūk
    بْلُوك
    blūk
    nominative بْلُوكٌ
    blūkun
    الْبْلُوكُ
    al-blūku
    بْلُوكُ
    blūku
    accusative بْلُوكًا
    blūkan
    الْبْلُوكَ
    al-blūka
    بْلُوكَ
    blūka
    genitive بْلُوكٍ
    blūkin
    الْبْلُوكِ
    al-blūki
    بْلُوكِ
    blūki
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal بْلُوكَيْن
    blūkayn
    الْبْلُوكَيْن
    al-blūkayn
    بْلُوكَيْ
    blūkay
    nominative بْلُوكَانِ
    blūkāni
    الْبْلُوكَانِ
    al-blūkāni
    بْلُوكَا
    blūkā
    accusative بْلُوكَيْنِ
    blūkayni
    الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
    al-blūkayni
    بْلُوكَيْ
    blūkay
    genitive بْلُوكَيْنِ
    blūkayni
    الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
    al-blūkayni
    بْلُوكَيْ
    blūkay
    plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal بْلُوكَات
    blūkāt
    الْبْلُوكَات
    al-blūkāt
    بْلُوكَات
    blūkāt
    nominative بْلُوكَاتٌ
    blūkātun
    الْبْلُوكَاتُ
    al-blūkātu
    بْلُوكَاتُ
    blūkātu
    accusative بْلُوكَاتٍ
    blūkātin
    الْبْلُوكَاتِ
    al-blūkāti
    بْلُوكَاتِ
    blūkāti
    genitive بْلُوكَاتٍ
    blūkātin
    الْبْلُوكَاتِ
    al-blūkāti
    بْلُوكَاتِ
    blūkāti

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük).

      Noun

      بُلُوك • (bulūkm (plural بُلُوكَات (bulūkāt))

      1. (military, Egypt, obsolete) company
      2. (Egypt, obsolete) wing of a building
      Declension
      Declension of noun بُلُوك (bulūk)
      singular basic singular triptote
      indefinite definite construct
      informal بُلُوك
      bulūk
      الْبُلُوك
      al-bulūk
      بُلُوك
      bulūk
      nominative بُلُوكٌ
      bulūkun
      الْبُلُوكُ
      al-bulūku
      بُلُوكُ
      bulūku
      accusative بُلُوكًا
      bulūkan
      الْبُلُوكَ
      al-bulūka
      بُلُوكَ
      bulūka
      genitive بُلُوكٍ
      bulūkin
      الْبُلُوكِ
      al-bulūki
      بُلُوكِ
      bulūki
      dual indefinite definite construct
      informal بُلُوكَيْن
      bulūkayn
      الْبُلُوكَيْن
      al-bulūkayn
      بُلُوكَيْ
      bulūkay
      nominative بُلُوكَانِ
      bulūkāni
      الْبُلُوكَانِ
      al-bulūkāni
      بُلُوكَا
      bulūkā
      accusative بُلُوكَيْنِ
      bulūkayni
      الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
      al-bulūkayni
      بُلُوكَيْ
      bulūkay
      genitive بُلُوكَيْنِ
      bulūkayni
      الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
      al-bulūkayni
      بُلُوكَيْ
      bulūkay
      plural sound feminine plural
      indefinite definite construct
      informal بُلُوكَات
      bulūkāt
      الْبُلُوكَات
      al-bulūkāt
      بُلُوكَات
      bulūkāt
      nominative بُلُوكَاتٌ
      bulūkātun
      الْبُلُوكَاتُ
      al-bulūkātu
      بُلُوكَاتُ
      bulūkātu
      accusative بُلُوكَاتٍ
      bulūkātin
      الْبُلُوكَاتِ
      al-bulūkāti
      بُلُوكَاتِ
      bulūkāti
      genitive بُلُوكَاتٍ
      bulūkātin
      الْبُلُوكَاتِ
      al-bulūkāti
      بُلُوكَاتِ
      bulūkāti

      References

      • Littmann, Enno (1954), “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →DOI, page 113 Nr. 55
      • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “بلوك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 58

      Ottoman Turkish

      Alternative forms

      • بولك (bölük), بولوك (bölük)

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫlük (part, fraction, section), from *bȫl- (to divide, separate, distinguish); cognate with Azerbaijani bölük, Kazakh бөлік (bölık), Kyrgyz бөлүк (bölük), Southern Altai бӧлӱк (bölük), Tuvan бөлүк (bölük).

      Noun

      بلوك • (bölük)

      1. part, division, subdivision, fraction, section
      2. (military) company of infantry, commanded by a captain
      3. (military) squadron of cavalry, comprising two companies
      • بولم (bölüm, division, portion)
      • بولمك (bölmek, to divide, separate)
      • بولگه (bölge, region, area, zone)

      Descendants

      • Turkish: bölük
      • Albanian: bylyk
      • Arabic: بُلُوك (bulūk)
      • Armenian: բոլուկ (boluk)
      • Bulgarian: билю́к (biljúk), бюлю́к (bjuljúk)
      • Greek: μπουλούκι (bouloúki)
      • Macedonian: булук (buluk)
      • Romanian: buluc
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: бу̀љук
        Latin script: bùljuk

      Further reading

      • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bölük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 674
      • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[2] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 323–326, Nr. 772
      • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بلوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 293b
      • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Turma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 1705
      • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بلوك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 886
      • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bölük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
      • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بلوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385b