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bol bol

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Reduplication of bol, inherited from Ottoman Turkish بول بول (bol bol, “very wide, loose or abundant”),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”).[3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboɫ.boɫ/
  • Hyphenation: bol‧bol

Adverb

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bol bol

  1. abundantly, generously, aplenty
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 407
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 292
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bōl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden; Cologne; New York: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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