بایلمق

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bańï- (to fade away, disappear, weaken);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani bayılmaq, Bashkir байыу (bayıw), Karakhanid [script needed] (baju-) and Kyrgyz баюу (bayuu).

Verb

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بایلمق (bayılmak)

  1. (intransitive) to faint, pass out, swoon, black out, to lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain
    Synonym: اوغنمق (oğunmak)
  2. (intransitive) to be excessively delighted, to be enraptured, stoked, spellbound, or entranced as if by a spell [with dative]
    آمان بایلدم شوكاaman bayıldım şunaI am enraptured with that!
  3. (intransitive, of plants) to droop, sag, wilt, to hang downward or sink by its weight because of draught or excessive heat
    Synonym: صولمق (solmak)
  4. (intransitive, slang) to stump up, cough up, shell out, to pay a great deal of money for something, often with reluctance
    • Latife (in Ottoman Turkish), number 2, 1874 August 15, page 3:وای وای وای جانم. كوله‌جكم دیه تیاترویه بر غروش باییلانلره.Vay vay vay canım. Güleceğim diye tiyatroya bir kuruş bayılanlara.Woe to those who cough up a piastre for the theatre to laugh.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: bayılmak
  • Armenian: պայըլմիշ (payəlmiš)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bańï-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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