Meaning:1 I 2 (*bi-ŕ) weRussian meaning:1 я 2 (*bi-ŕ) мыOld Turkic:ben 1 (Orkh., Yen., OUygh.), men 1 (OUygh.), biz 2 (Orkh., Yen., OUygh.)Karakhanid:men 1 (MK, KB), biz 2 (MK, KB)Turkish:ben 1, biz 2Tatar:min 1, bez 2Middle Turkic:ben 1 (Abush.), biz 2 (Abush.)Uzbek:men 1, biz 2Uighur:män 1, biz 2Sary-Yughur:men 1, pɨz 2Azerbaidzhan:män 1, biz 2Turkmen:men 1, bīz 2Khakassian:min 1, pǝs 2Shor:men 1, pis 2Oyrat:men 1, mis 2Halaj:män 1, biz 2Chuvash:e-bǝ 1, e-bǝr 2Yakut:min 1, bihigi 2 (Poss.)Dolgan:min 1, bihigi 2Tuva:men 1, bis 2Tofalar:men 1, bi's 2Kirghiz:men 1, miz 2Kazakh:min 1, biz 2Noghai:men 1, biz 2Bashkir:min 1, beđ 2Balkar:men 1, miz 2Gagauz:ben 1, bis 2Karaim:men 1, biz 2Karakalpak:men 1, biz 2Salar:mē(n) 1, pise(r) 2 (ССЯ 128)Kumyk:men 1, biz 2Comments:EDT 346 (*bẹ-n), 388 (*biŕ), ЭСТЯ 2, 129-130, VEWT 77, 333, Stachowski 60, 179.
Proto-Turkic:*bĒčinAltaic etymology:
Meaning:monkeyRussian meaning:обезьянаOld Turkic:bečin (Orkh., OUygh.)Karakhanid:bečin (MK)Middle Turkic:bečin (MA, Sangl.)Sary-Yughur:pičinTurkmen:bīǯinChuvash:(Bulg.) bexti 'год обезьяны'Comments:VEWT 66, EDT 295-296, ЭСТЯ 2, 128-129, TMN 2, 382, Лексика 168. All IE sources (EDT 295, TMN 2, 382-383), like Pers. būzīna, proposed for this word are quite unclear etymologically and probably borrowed themselves. {Cf. also some modern words meaning 'cat': MKypch., Khor. mačɨ, Uzb. maši, Tat. mäči, see Лексика 192, perhaps borrowed from Turk. into Slovak and Hungarian.}
Meaning:such, similar, soRussian meaning:такой, подобный, таким образомKarakhanid: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:bejleOyrat: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).
Meaning:millet beerRussian meaning:просяное пивоOld Turkic:begni (Orkh., OUygh.)Karakhanid:begni (MK, IM)Comments:EDT 328. The word is also present in some Iranian languages (Sogd. βɣ'ny, Osset. bägäny, where it is most probably a Turkic loanword, despite TMN 2, 311, Bailey 320 [with a dubious Iranian etymology]). Turk. > Mong. bekni, begni, see Щербак 1997, 193.
Proto-Turkic:*bEjeAltaic etymology:
Meaning:(foaled) mareRussian meaning:кобылаOld Turkic:be (OUygh. - YB)Karakhanid:be (MK, IM)Tatar:bijɛMiddle Turkic:beje (Sangl.); bej (CCum.)Uzbek:bijäUighur:bijä (dial.)Sary-Yughur:pie,piKhakassian:pīOyrat:bēYakut:biäTuva:beKirghiz:bēKazakh:bijeNoghai:bijeBashkir:bejäKaraim:bijeKarakalpak:bijeComments:EDT 291, VEWT 75, ЭСТЯ 2, 133, Лексика 443. Forms as bije < *bẹje, show a secondary vowel narrowing in front of -j-; the Kirgh., Oyr. and Tuva-Tof. forms point to *E.
Meaning:a k. of salmon (Salmo taimen)Russian meaning:вид лососяTatar:bilOyrat:belYakut:bilTuva:belComments:Лексика 179.
Proto-Turkic:*bẹldirAltaic etymology:
Meaning:cross-roads, separation of two roads or riversRussian meaning:перекресток, развилка двух дорог или рекOld Turkic:beltir (OUygh.)Karakhanid:beltir (MK)Tatar:pilter 'вода, скапливающаяся около болота' (КСТТ)Khakassian:piltǝrShor:peltirOyrat:beltirYakut:bilirTuva:beldirComments:VEWT 69, EDT 334, Лексика 98.
Proto-Turkic:*bẹlekAltaic etymology:
Meaning:giftRussian meaning:подарокOld Turkic:belek (OUygh.)Karakhanid:belek (MK)Turkish:belek (dial.)Tatar:büläkMiddle Turkic:belek (Sangl.)Uighur:bäläk (dial.)Sary-Yughur:pelek (ЯЖУ)Oyrat:belekHalaj:pelekChuvash:pil 'blessing'Yakut:belexDolgan:belekTuva:belekKirghiz:belekBashkir:büläkKaraim:belek 'приплод'Comments:VEWT 69, TMN 2, 413, EDT 338, ЭСТЯ 2, 112-113, Дыбо 1997, 78-79, Лексика 348-349, Stachowski 57. In Егоров 160, Федотов 1, 431 the Chuv. form is regarded as a variant of pexil 'blessing' ( < Pers.), which is insecure phonetically. Derivation from bele'swaddle' (Clark 1977, 132) is highly dubious. The labialized vowel in Bashk., Tat. is a result of contamination with *bölek 'part'. Turk. > WMong. beleg, Kalm. belǝg (KW 41; TMN ibid., Щербак 1997, 104), whence Evk. belek etc., see Doerfer MT 141 (but Аникин 127 regards Evk. belek as borrowed < Yak.).
