𐰋𐰃𐰠

From Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bilmək (“to know”), Turkish bilmek (“to know”), Uzbek bilmoq (“to know”), Bashkir белеү (belew, “to know”).

𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-)

1. to know

• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰀‎ (bilme-)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰼‎ (bilir)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰕‎ (bilmez)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏‎ (bilig)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀‎ (bilge)

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Bashkir бил (bil, “waist”), Turkish bel (“waist”).

𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bél)

1. waist

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bil-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bil-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bẹ̄l(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill