Proto-Turkic · reconstructed language

*balkï-

verb

Meaning

to shine, glitter

Etymology / origin

* According to Çağbayır, of onomatopoeic origin, compare Bashkir балҡ (balq, “expression used to denote a bright shine”). * According to Tietze, from Arabic برق (barq, “lightning”) + *-ï-, compare dialectal Turkish barkımak (“to shine”) and balk (“lightning”), alternative form of berk.

barkımak(tr)→
برق(Arabic)→
балҡ(ba)→
balkï- (Proto-Turkic)
Relations: cog, cog, cog

Related words

балҡ(ba)برق(Arabic)barkımak(tr)

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