bilemek
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish بیلهمك (bilemek, “to sharpen”), ultimately derived from Middle Chinese 劈 (phek, “to slit, to cleave”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bilemek (third-person singular simple present biler)
- (transitive) to sharpen, whet, grind
- Synonym: keskinleştirmek
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291
Further reading
[edit]- “bilemek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bilemek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bilemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük