bəlli

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹlgü, a derivation of Proto-Turkic *bel- (“to denote, to designate”).[1] Cognates include Turkish belli, Kumyk белги (belgi), Chuvash паллӑ (pallă, “sign, label, mark, estimate”). Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”).

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Adjective

bəlli (comparative daha bəlli, superlative ən bəlli)

  1. known
  2. clear, explicit, obvious
    Synonym: məlum

References
  1. Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 108

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