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belli.

known

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/belˈli/
  1. known

  2. obvious, clear; free of ambiguity or doubt

  3. certain (known or predetermined)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بللی (belli, “known, perceptible, certain”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹlgülig (“manifest”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹlgü (“sign”), a derivation of Proto-Turkic *bẹl- (“to denote, to designate”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bəlli, Chuvash паллӑ (pallă, “sign, label, mark, estimate”), Yakut бэлиэ (belie, “sign, symbol”), and Karakhanid بَلْكُلُكْ (belgülüg, “manifest”).

adj/belˈli/
  1. waisted, having a waist

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بیللی, from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄llig (“having a waist; waisted”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”). By surface analysis, bel + -li. Cognate with Azerbaijani belli.

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