𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bulga- (to stir, stir up). Cognate with Chuvash пӑлхан (pălh̬an), Turkish bulamak, Uzbek bulgʻamoq, Bashkir болғау (bolğaw), Yakut булаа (bulaa). Compare also Turkish karıştırmak (to stir, mix, disturb, cause trouble) for semantics and Hungarian bolygat (to bother; to create disorder), a Turkic borrowing.

Verb[edit]

𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (bulɣa-)

  1. to stir
  2. to produce a state of disorder, put in disorder, to disturb, to cause trouble
    • 8th century CE, Kul-Chur Inscription, W11
      𐰞𐰶𐰑𐰀:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰾𐰺:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰜𐰓𐰀:𐰜𐰇𐰠𐰃𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰞𐰖𐰆𐱅𐰏𐰯:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰖𐰆
      [béšba]lïqda:törtsü[ŋüš]:süŋüšdükde:küličoroplayutegip:bulɣayu
      At his fourth fights at Bish-Balyk, Kul-Chur made sudden attacks (on the enemy) and disordered...

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bulγa-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 321
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bulğa-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 337
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bulga-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill