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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bojĺe
Meaning: empty, meagre
Russian meaning: пустой, свободный, постный (очищенный)
Turkic: *boĺ
Tungus-Manchu: *bol-
Korean: *pɨi-
Comments: Medial *-j- is reconstructed to account for the loss of *-ĺ- in Korean. Phonetically a good match would be PJ *bǝsa-na- 'small, young (of children)', but the semantics raises some doubt here. Ramstedt (SKE 186) compares Turk. boš with Mong. bulgu 'free, broad' > Kirgh. buluk- 'to try to free smb.'; but we have not found either word in accessible sources.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *boĺ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: free, empty
Russian meaning: свободный, пустой
Old Turkic: boš (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: boš (MK, KB)
Turkish: boš
Tatar: buš
Middle Turkic: boš (Sangl.)
Uzbek: bụš
Uighur: boš
Sary-Yughur: bos, pos
Azerbaidzhan: boš
Turkmen: boš
Khakassian: pos
Shor: pos
Oyrat: boš
Halaj: boš
Chuvash: požъ
Yakut: bosxo (*boš-ka)
Dolgan: bosko 'a little'
Tuva: boš
Tofalar: bo'š
Kirghiz: boš
Kazakh: bos
Noghai: bos
Bashkir: buš
Balkar: boš
Gagauz: boš
Karaim: boš, bos
Karakalpak: bos
Salar: boš
Kumyk: boš
Comments: EDT 376, VEWT 82, ЭСТЯ 2, 203-204, Мудрак Дисс. 126, Федотов 1, 457, Stachowski 63. The Chuv. form has a regular reflex, presupposing a final vowel. Turk. *boĺa-n- > bošan- > Mong. busani- 'become empty, poor' (KW 63); *boĺ-u-g 'permission' > Mong. bošuɣ (Clark 1980, 41).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *bol-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 clear 2 meagre
Russian meaning: 1 чистый 2 постный
Negidal: boltụ-boltụ 1
Spoken Manchu: bolǝhǝn, bolǝhun 'clean, pure' (2550)
Literary Manchu: bolGo 1, 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 93.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *pɨi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: empty
Russian meaning: пустой, свободный
Modern Korean: pī-
Middle Korean: pɨi-
Comments: Liu 410, KED 850.
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