belə

Azerbaijani

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• Hyphenation: be‧lə

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish (böyle), which is attested in the XIVth-century Anatolian epic Danishmendnâme. Origination from merging of bu (“this”) and ile, ilə (“with”) (thus, from an expression that had the meaning with it) has been suggested. Starostin et al. reject this with a reference to a proposed Proto-Turkic form *bEd-le, which they reconstruct with the support of Karakhanid (böyle), Turkish böyle, Turkmen beýle, Azerbaijani belə and Salar bele, that is, based almost exclusively on Oghuz material.

Alternative forms

• beylə (archaic)
• böylə (archaic)

Determiner

belə

1. such; like this (that, these, those)

   Synonym: bu cür

   Belə insanlarla bir yerdə işləmək olmur.

   It's impossible to work with such people.

Adverb

belə

1. so; in this way; like this (that)

   Bu həmişə belə olub, belə də qalacaq.

   It's always been like this, and it's going to remain like this.

2. (when added to sentences containing wh-questions), surprisement or disfavour

   Gecənin bu vaxtında hara gedirsən belə?

   Where are you going at this late hour?

3. after, since

   bundan belə ― after this

   o gündən belə ― since that day

See also

• elə

Derived terms

• belə-belə (“such”) (used with plural referents)
• beləcə (“in this manner”)
• belənçik (“like this”) (colloquial)
• beləlikdə (“in such a case”)
• beləliklə (“thus”)
• elə-belə (“for no reason, just like that; so-so”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”), whence also the postposition ilə (“with”). Cognate with Turkish bile; possibly contaminated by Etymology 1.

Adverb

belə

1. (used after the verb) even

   Synonym: hətta

   • 2017 April 2, Publika.az‎:

     Amma bəzən fotolarla reallıq arasında o qədər fərq olur ki, həyatda üz-üzə gəlsən belə o insanları tanımaq mümkün olmur.

     But sometimes there is such a gap between the photographs and the reality, that even if you come face-to-face with those people, it's impossible to recognize them.

   • 2016 October 28, Modern.az‎:

     Ölsəm belə, atamı görməyə gedəcəm.

     I'll go see my father, even if I die.

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