belə

• IPA^(key): [beˈlæ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧lə

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (böyle), which is attested in the XIVth-century Anatolian epic Danishmendnâme. Origination from merging of bu (“this”) and ile, ilə (“with”) (thus, from an expression that had the meaning with it) has been suggested.[1] Starostin et al. reject this with a reference to a proposed Proto-Turkic form *bEd-le,[2] which they reconstruct with the support of Karakhanid [script needed] (böyle),[3] Turkish böyle, Turkmen beýle, Azerbaijani belə and Salar bele, that is, based almost exclusively on Oghuz material.

• beylə (archaic)
• böylə (archaic)

belə

1. such; like this (that, these, those)[4]

   Synonym: bu cür

   Belə insanlarla bir yerdə işləmək olmur.

   It's impossible to work with such people.

belə

1. so; in this way; like this (that)

   Bu həmişə belə olub, belə də qalacaq.

   It's always been like this, and it's going to remain like this.

2. (when added to sentences containing wh-questions), surprisement or disfavour

   Gecənin bu vaxtında hara gedirsən belə?

   Where are you going at this late hour?

3. after, since [+ablative]

   bundan belə ― after this

   o gündən belə ― since that day

• elə

• belə-belə (“such”) (used with plural referents)
• beləcə (“in this manner”)
• belənçik (“like this”) (colloquial)
• beləlikdə (“in such a case”)
• beləliklə (“thus”)
• elə-belə (“for no reason, just like that; so-so”)

Probably from Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”), whence also the postposition ilə (“with”). Cognate with Turkish bile; possibly contaminated by Etymology 1.

belə

1. (used after the verb) even

   Synonym: hətta

   • 2017 April 2, Publika.az‎:

     Amma bəzən fotolarla reallıq arasında o qədər fərq olur ki, həyatda üz-üzə gəlsən belə o insanları tanımaq mümkün olmur.

     But sometimes there is such a gap between the photographs and the reality, that even if you come face-to-face with those people, it's impossible to recognize them.

   • 2016 October 28, Modern.az‎:

     Ölsəm belə, atamı görməyə gedəcəm.

     I'll go see my father, even if I die.