بلوك

See also: بلوک and پلوک

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English block and French bloc.

Noun

بْلُوك • (blūk) m (plural بْلُوكَات (blūkāt))

1. (coding, cryptocurrencies) block
2. (architecture, production) block, any element in building or machinery approximating cuboid form
3. (social sciences) a block, faction of people

   Synonym: كُتْلَة (kutla)

Declension

Declension of noun بْلُوك (blūk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بْلُوك blūk	الْبْلُوك al-blūk	بْلُوك blūk
Nominative	بْلُوكٌ blūkun	الْبْلُوكُ al-blūku	بْلُوكُ blūku
Accusative	بْلُوكًا blūkan	الْبْلُوكَ al-blūka	بْلُوكَ blūka
Genitive	بْلُوكٍ blūkin	الْبْلُوكِ al-blūki	بْلُوكِ blūki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بْلُوكَيْن blūkayn	الْبْلُوكَيْن al-blūkayn	بْلُوكَيْ blūkay
Nominative	بْلُوكَانِ blūkāni	الْبْلُوكَانِ al-blūkāni	بْلُوكَا blūkā
Accusative	بْلُوكَيْنِ blūkayni	الْبْلُوكَيْنِ al-blūkayni	بْلُوكَيْ blūkay
Genitive	بْلُوكَيْنِ blūkayni	الْبْلُوكَيْنِ al-blūkayni	بْلُوكَيْ blūkay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بْلُوكَات blūkāt	الْبْلُوكَات al-blūkāt	بْلُوكَات blūkāt
Nominative	بْلُوكَاتٌ blūkātun	الْبْلُوكَاتُ al-blūkātu	بْلُوكَاتُ blūkātu
Accusative	بْلُوكَاتٍ blūkātin	الْبْلُوكَاتِ al-blūkāti	بْلُوكَاتِ blūkāti
Genitive	بْلُوكَاتٍ blūkātin	الْبْلُوكَاتِ al-blūkāti	بْلُوكَاتِ blūkāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük).

Noun

بُلُوك • (bulūk) m (plural بُلُوكَات (bulūkāt))

1. (military, Egypt, obsolete) company
2. (Egypt, obsolete) wing of a building

Declension

Declension of noun بُلُوك (bulūk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلُوك bulūk	الْبُلُوك al-bulūk	بُلُوك bulūk
Nominative	بُلُوكٌ bulūkun	الْبُلُوكُ al-bulūku	بُلُوكُ bulūku
Accusative	بُلُوكًا bulūkan	الْبُلُوكَ al-bulūka	بُلُوكَ bulūka
Genitive	بُلُوكٍ bulūkin	الْبُلُوكِ al-bulūki	بُلُوكِ bulūki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلُوكَيْن bulūkayn	الْبُلُوكَيْن al-bulūkayn	بُلُوكَيْ bulūkay
Nominative	بُلُوكَانِ bulūkāni	الْبُلُوكَانِ al-bulūkāni	بُلُوكَا bulūkā
Accusative	بُلُوكَيْنِ bulūkayni	الْبُلُوكَيْنِ al-bulūkayni	بُلُوكَيْ bulūkay
Genitive	بُلُوكَيْنِ bulūkayni	الْبُلُوكَيْنِ al-bulūkayni	بُلُوكَيْ bulūkay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلُوكَات bulūkāt	الْبُلُوكَات al-bulūkāt	بُلُوكَات bulūkāt
Nominative	بُلُوكَاتٌ bulūkātun	الْبُلُوكَاتُ al-bulūkātu	بُلُوكَاتُ bulūkātu
Accusative	بُلُوكَاتٍ bulūkātin	الْبُلُوكَاتِ al-bulūkāti	بُلُوكَاتِ bulūkāti
Genitive	بُلُوكَاتٍ bulūkātin	الْبُلُوكَاتِ al-bulūkāti	بُلُوكَاتِ bulūkāti

References

• Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 113 Nr. 55
• Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بلوك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 58

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بولك (bölük), بولوك (bölük)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫlük (“part, fraction, section”), from *bȫl- (“to divide, separate, distinguish”); cognate with Azerbaijani bölük, Kazakh бөлік (bölık), Kyrgyz бөлүк (bölük), Southern Altai бӧлӱк (bölük), Tuvan бөлүк (bölük).

Noun

بلوك • (bölük)

1. part, division, subdivision, fraction, section
2. (military) company of infantry, commanded by a captain
3. (military) squadron of cavalry, comprising two companies

Related terms

• بولم (bölüm, “division, portion”)
• بولمك (bölmek, “to divide, separate”)
• بولگه (bölge, “region, area, zone”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: bölük
• → Albanian: bylyk
• → Arabic: بُلُوك (bulūk)
• → Armenian: բոլուկ (boluk)
• → Bulgarian: билю́к (biljúk), бюлю́к (bjuljúk)
• → Greek: μπουλούκι (bouloúki)
• → Macedonian: булук (buluk)
• → Romanian: buluc
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бу̀љук

  Latin script: bùljuk

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bölük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 674
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 323–326, Nr. 772
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 293b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Turma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1705
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلوك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 886
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bölük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385b