bilgin

See also: Bilgin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلمك‎ (bilmek)[1] or بیلمك‎ (“to know, to understand, to recognize”)[2], Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”)[3][4], morphologically bil- +‎ -gin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bilˈɟin/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bil‧gin

Noun

bilgin (definite accusative bilgini, plural bilginler)

  1. A learned person, pundit, scholar.
    Synonym: âlim

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • bilgince
  • bilginlik
  • ruh bilgini

Noun

bilgin

  1. second-person singular possessive of bilgi

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 384
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بیلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bil-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bilgin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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