بكلنماك

Oghuz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

Verb

بَكْلَنْماكْ (beklenmēk)

1. to become firm
2. to be locked

   اَرْ اَڤِنْدا بَكْلَنْدٖى

   Er evindē beklendī.

   The man has locked oneself in the house.

Related terms

• Oghuz: بكلشماك (bekleşmēk)
• Oghuz: بكلتماك (bekletmēk)

Descendants

• Old Anatolian Turkish: بكلهمك (beklemek)
  • Azerbaijani: bəkləmək
  • Ottoman Turkish: بكلمك
    • Gagauz: beklemää
    • Turkish: beklenmek
• Salar: beklengüsi (“to be locked”)
• Turkmen: beklenmek (“to be locked”), berklenmek (“to become firm”)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 239