بولاق

Arabic

Etymology

From French bon lac.

Proper noun

بُولَاق • (būlāq) m

1. a district of Cairo

Azerbaijani

Noun

بۇلاق

1. Arabic spelling of bulaq (“spring”)

Declension

Declension of بولاق

	singular	plural
nominative	بولاق	بولاقلار
definite accusative	بۇلاغێ	بولاقلارێ
dative	بۇلاغا	بولاقلارا
locative	بولاقدا	بولاقلاردا
ablative	بولاقدان	بولاقلاردان
definite genitive	بۇلاغێن	بولاقلارێن

Verb

بۇلاق (bulaq)

1. Arabic spelling of bulaq (“let's find”)

Khalaj

Noun

بوُلاق (bulâq) (definite accusative بوُلاقؽ, plural بوُلاقلار)

1. Arabic spelling of bulâq (“spring, waterer”)

Declension

Declension of بولاق

	singular	plural
nominative	بولاق	بولاقلار
genitive	بولاقؽݧ	بولاقلارؽݧ
dative	بولاققا	بولاقلارقا
definite accusative	بولاقؽ	بولاقلارؽ
locative	بولاقچا	بولاقلارچا
ablative	بولاقدا	بولاقلاردا
instrumental	بولاقلا	بولاقلارلا
equative	بولاقواره	بولاقلارواره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بلاق (bulak), بولاخ (bulah), بولاغ (bulağ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *bulak, perhaps a derivation from *bulga- (“to stir”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani bulaq, Bashkir болаҡ (bolaq), Kazakh бұлақ (būlaq), Kumyk булакъ (bulaq), Kyrgyz булак (bulak), Southern Altai булак (bulak), Tatar bolaq, Uyghur بۇلاق (bulaq) and Uzbek buloq.

Noun

بولاق • (bulak) (definite accusative بولاغی (bulağı), plural بولاقلر (bulaklar))

1. spring, source, fount, a spray or body of water springing from the ground

   Synonyms: بوكار (buñar), چشمه (çeşme), عین (ʼayn), قایناق (kaynak), منبع (membâʼ)

Derived terms

• آلاق بولاق (alak bulak, “disorder, confusion”)
• بولاق اوتی (bulak otu, “watercress”)
• صوغوق بولاق (soğuk bulak, “cold spring”)

Related terms

• بولامق (bulamak, “to stir”)

Descendants

• Turkish: bulak

Further reading

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• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “بولاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 343
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bulak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 690
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بولاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 292
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bulak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بولاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 408