بلج

Bulgar

Etymology

Acc. to Talât Tekin, from Proto-Turkic *belinč (“fifth”) and alternative form of Bulgar بلنج (belinč). Acc. to Erdal, from Proto-Turkic *baĺč and archaic form of Bulgar بج (“beginning”).

Adjective

بلِج or بلجِ (beliç or balçi)

  1. fifth or first

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 83-86
  • Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 107-109, 111, 122
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