بله

See also: بلة and پله

Arabic

Noun

بُلْه • (bulh) m pl

1. plural of أَبْلَه (ʔablah)

Noun

بُلْه • (bulh) f pl

1. plural of بَلْهَاء (balhāʔ)

Descendants

• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: bilḧ

  → Central Kurdish: بڵح (billḧ)

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

بله • (bile) (definite accusative بله‌یی (beleyi) or بلیی (beleler), plural بله‌لر (beleler))

1. alternative form of بلا (belā, “plague”)

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “bele”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 105

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

بله • (bile)

1. alternative spelling of بیله (bile, “together”)

Noun

بله • (bile) (definite accusative بله‌یی (bileyi) or بلیی (bileler), plural بله‌لر (bileler))

1. alternative spelling of بیله (bile, “company”)
   • 14th Century, Edhem bin Ḥıfẓu'llah bin Ḥasan eṭ-Ṭavīl el-Baġdādī, Tebâreke Tefsiri:

     عزیر بر دیوار دبینه قندی • اشكنی بغلدی • كندو دیوار كلكسنده اوتردی • بلسنده برز یاش اوزوم واردی دخی اتمكی واردی•

     ʼüzeyr bir dīvār dibine qondı. eşegini baġladı. gendü dīvār gölgesinde oturdı. bilesinde birez yaş üzüm vārıdı daḫı etmegi vārıdı.

     Uzair came to the bottom of a wall. He sat on the shadow of the wall. He had some grapes and bread with him.

Further reading

• “bile”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بله • (bele)

1. inflection of بلمك (belemek, “to swaddle”):
   1. imperative singular
   2. third-person optative singular

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بله • (bele)

1. third-person optative singular of بلمك (bilmek, “to know”)

Etymology 5

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Noun

بله • (bẹle)

1. dative singular of بل (bẹl)

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

1. alternative form of بیله (beyle, “so”)

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “bele”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 105

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bǽ.le]

Readings
Iranian reading?	bale

• Audio (Iran):

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Adverb

Dari	بلی
Iranian Persian	بله
Tajik	бале

بله • (bale)

1. (Iran, formal) alternative form of بلی (balê)