bol bol

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of bol, inherited from Ottoman Turkish بول بول (bol bol, very wide, loose or abundant),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (to become).[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboɫ.boɫ/
  • Hyphenation: bol‧bol

Adverb

bol bol

  1. abundantly, generously, aplenty
  • bol doğramak
  • bol kepçe
  • bol keseden
  • bol paça
  • eli bol
  • gönlü bol

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 407
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 292
  3. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bōl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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