بلازك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بیلازك (bilâzik), بیلازیك (bilâzik)
  • պիլազիք (bilazik), պիլէզիք (bilezik)Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bilezük (bracelet, bangle), possibly from a composition of *bilek (forearm) + *yüŕük (ring).

Noun

بلازك • (bilâzik) (definite accusative بلازكی (bilâziği), plural بلازكلر (bilâzikler))

  1. bracelet, wristlet, bangle, a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
    Synonyms: بازوبند (bazuband), سوار (sivar)
  2. (architecture) curb, a raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well, as a strengthening

Derived terms

  • آیاق بلازكی (ayak bilâziği, anklet)
  • بلازكجی (bilâzikci, maker or seller of bracelets)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bilezik
  • Armenian: պիլէզիկ (pilēzik), բլա̈զո̈ւկ (bläzük)
  • Georgian: ბილეზუგი (bilezugi)Chveneburi
  • Greek: μπιλεζίκι (bilezíki)
  • Laz: ბილეზუღი (bilezuği), ბელეძძუღი (beleżżuği)Arkabi
  • Romanian: bilezic

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