بلوك

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See also: بلوک and پلوک

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English block and French bloc.

Noun

بْلُوك • (blūk) m (plural بْلُوكَات (blūkāt))

  1. (coding, cryptocurrencies) block
  2. (architecture, production) block, any element in building or machinery approximating cuboid form
  3. (social sciences) a block, faction of people
    Synonym: كُتْلَة (kutla)
Declension
Declension of noun بْلُوك (blūk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوك
blūk 		الْبْلُوك
al-blūk 		بْلُوك
blūk
Nominative بْلُوكٌ
blūkun 		الْبْلُوكُ
al-blūku 		بْلُوكُ
blūku
Accusative بْلُوكًا
blūkan 		الْبْلُوكَ
al-blūka 		بْلُوكَ
blūka
Genitive بْلُوكٍ
blūkin 		الْبْلُوكِ
al-blūki 		بْلُوكِ
blūki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوكَيْن
blūkayn 		الْبْلُوكَيْن
al-blūkayn 		بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Nominative بْلُوكَانِ
blūkāni 		الْبْلُوكَانِ
al-blūkāni 		بْلُوكَا
blūkā
Accusative بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni 		الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni 		بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Genitive بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni 		الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni 		بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوكَات
blūkāt 		الْبْلُوكَات
al-blūkāt 		بْلُوكَات
blūkāt
Nominative بْلُوكَاتٌ
blūkātun 		الْبْلُوكَاتُ
al-blūkātu 		بْلُوكَاتُ
blūkātu
Accusative بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin 		الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti 		بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti
Genitive بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin 		الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti 		بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük).

Noun

بُلُوك • (bulūk) m (plural بُلُوكَات (bulūkāt))

  1. (military, Egypt, obsolete) company
  2. (Egypt, obsolete) wing of a building
Declension
Declension of noun بُلُوك (bulūk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوك
bulūk 		الْبُلُوك
al-bulūk 		بُلُوك
bulūk
Nominative بُلُوكٌ
bulūkun 		الْبُلُوكُ
al-bulūku 		بُلُوكُ
bulūku
Accusative بُلُوكًا
bulūkan 		الْبُلُوكَ
al-bulūka 		بُلُوكَ
bulūka
Genitive بُلُوكٍ
bulūkin 		الْبُلُوكِ
al-bulūki 		بُلُوكِ
bulūki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوكَيْن
bulūkayn 		الْبُلُوكَيْن
al-bulūkayn 		بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Nominative بُلُوكَانِ
bulūkāni 		الْبُلُوكَانِ
al-bulūkāni 		بُلُوكَا
bulūkā
Accusative بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni 		الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni 		بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Genitive بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni 		الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni 		بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt 		الْبُلُوكَات
al-bulūkāt 		بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt
Nominative بُلُوكَاتٌ
bulūkātun 		الْبُلُوكَاتُ
al-bulūkātu 		بُلُوكَاتُ
bulūkātu
Accusative بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin 		الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti 		بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti
Genitive بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin 		الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti 		بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti

References

  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 113 Nr. 55
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بلوك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 58

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫlük (“part, fraction, section”), from *bȫl- (“to divide, separate, distinguish”); cognate with Azerbaijani bölük, Kazakh бөлік (bölık), Kyrgyz бөлүк (bölük), Southern Altai бӧлӱк (bölük), Tuvan бөлүк (bölük).

Noun

بلوك • (bölük)

  1. part, division, subdivision, fraction, section
  2. (military) company of infantry, commanded by a captain
  3. (military) squadron of cavalry, comprising two companies

Descendants

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bölük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 674
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 323–326, Nr. 772
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 293b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Turma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1705
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلوك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 886
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bölük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385b
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