bilemek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیله‌مك‎ (bilemek, to sharpen), from Old Turkic bile- (bile-, to sharpen), from Proto-Turkic *bile- (to sharpen)[1].

Verb

bilemek (third-person singular simple present biler)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, whet, grind

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • keskinleştirmek

Derived terms

  • bileme
  • bileyiş
  • bilenmek
  • biletmek

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*bi̯ŭ́le”
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