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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bEd-le (?)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: such, similar, so
Russian meaning: такой, подобный, таким образом
Karakhanid: böjle (Tefs.)
Turkish: böjle, (dial.) bele; (dial.) bile-m 'myself' etc.
Middle Turkic: bejle, böjle (Pav. C.)
Azerbaidzhan: bejlä, belä, dial. bilä-m 'myself' etc.
Turkmen: bejle
Oyrat: bejde (Kumd.)
Halaj: bilä-m, bilä-si, bilä-miz 'myself, himself, ourselves' etc. ( < Az.)
Comments: ЭСТЯ 2, 107-108. Cf. perhaps also Yak. bet-tex (Dolg. bettek) 'here, closely', Yak., Dolg. beterē 'this, nearest side' (although it may go back to *bet 'face'; derivation < *be-rü 'this side' in ЭСТЯ 2, 124, followed by Stachowski 59, is hardly plausible). The sometimes proposed explanation as *bu ile, i.e. "together with it" or "by means of it" is not quite acceptable for semantic reasons. As for the Oghuz variants with a labialized vowels, they may have an assimilative origin. But on the whole the attribution of the Turkic form is still dubious (although the semantic derivation "similar, such as" < "face, looks" seems to be quite common in Altaic).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bā̀dì
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: face, colour
Russian meaning: лицо, цвет
Turkic: *bEd-le
Tungus-Manchu: *bāda
Japanese: *pítápi ( / *pìtàpi)
Comments: Contaminations were possible: cf. *pédá, *pắdà.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,

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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *bāda
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 face 2 shape, form, colour
Russian meaning: 1 лицо 2 вид, форма, цвет
Evenki: bāde 1
Even: bād 1, 2
Nanai: bādo 'opposite to', bādo-bādo 'face to face'
Comments: ТМС 1, 63, Он. 56.
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,

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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pítápi ( / *pìtàpi)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: forehead
Russian meaning: лоб
Old Japanese: p(j)itap(j)i
Middle Japanese: fítáfi ( / fìtàfi)
Tokyo: hìtai
Kyoto: hìtàí
Kagoshima: hitái
Comments: JLTT 410.
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVdV
Meaning: form, shape
Altaic: *bā̀dì
Dravidian: *vaḍ[i]- (*b-)
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,

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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *vaḍ[i]- (*b-)
Meaning : form, shape, beauty
Proto-South Dravidian: *vaḍ-i-
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *vaḍ-i-
Meaning : to be beautiful; form, shape
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : vaṭi (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to become beautiful
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to refine, perfect; n. form, shape; vaṭippam elegance, shapeliness, beauty; vaṭivam form, shape, figure, beauty, comeliness, complexion, colour; vaṭivu form, shape, body, beauty, fair complexion, brightness, lustre
Malayalam : vaṭivu
Malayalam meaning : form, size, manner, figure, beauty
Number in DED : 5223
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