بلوك

See also: بلوک and پلوک

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English block and French bloc.

Noun

بْلُوك • (blūk) m (plural بْلُوكَات (blūkāt))

  1. (coding, cryptocurrencies) block
  2. (architecture, production) block, any element in building or machinery approximating cuboid form
  3. (social sciences) a block, faction of people
    Synonym: كُتْلَة (kutla)
Declension
Declension of noun بْلُوك (blūk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوك
blūk		 الْبْلُوك
al-blūk		 بْلُوك
blūk
Nominative بْلُوكٌ
blūkun		 الْبْلُوكُ
al-blūku		 بْلُوكُ
blūku
Accusative بْلُوكًا
blūkan		 الْبْلُوكَ
al-blūka		 بْلُوكَ
blūka
Genitive بْلُوكٍ
blūkin		 الْبْلُوكِ
al-blūki		 بْلُوكِ
blūki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوكَيْن
blūkayn		 الْبْلُوكَيْن
al-blūkayn		 بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Nominative بْلُوكَانِ
blūkāni		 الْبْلُوكَانِ
al-blūkāni		 بْلُوكَا
blūkā
Accusative بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni		 الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni		 بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Genitive بْلُوكَيْنِ
blūkayni		 الْبْلُوكَيْنِ
al-blūkayni		 بْلُوكَيْ
blūkay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بْلُوكَات
blūkāt		 الْبْلُوكَات
al-blūkāt		 بْلُوكَات
blūkāt
Nominative بْلُوكَاتٌ
blūkātun		 الْبْلُوكَاتُ
al-blūkātu		 بْلُوكَاتُ
blūkātu
Accusative بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin		 الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti		 بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti
Genitive بْلُوكَاتٍ
blūkātin		 الْبْلُوكَاتِ
al-blūkāti		 بْلُوكَاتِ
blūkāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük).

Noun

بُلُوك • (bulūk) m (plural بُلُوكَات (bulūkāt))

  1. (military, Egypt, obsolete) company
  2. (Egypt, obsolete) wing of a building
Declension
Declension of noun بُلُوك (bulūk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوك
bulūk		 الْبُلُوك
al-bulūk		 بُلُوك
bulūk
Nominative بُلُوكٌ
bulūkun		 الْبُلُوكُ
al-bulūku		 بُلُوكُ
bulūku
Accusative بُلُوكًا
bulūkan		 الْبُلُوكَ
al-bulūka		 بُلُوكَ
bulūka
Genitive بُلُوكٍ
bulūkin		 الْبُلُوكِ
al-bulūki		 بُلُوكِ
bulūki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوكَيْن
bulūkayn		 الْبُلُوكَيْن
al-bulūkayn		 بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Nominative بُلُوكَانِ
bulūkāni		 الْبُلُوكَانِ
al-bulūkāni		 بُلُوكَا
bulūkā
Accusative بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni		 الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni		 بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Genitive بُلُوكَيْنِ
bulūkayni		 الْبُلُوكَيْنِ
al-bulūkayni		 بُلُوكَيْ
bulūkay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt		 الْبُلُوكَات
al-bulūkāt		 بُلُوكَات
bulūkāt
Nominative بُلُوكَاتٌ
bulūkātun		 الْبُلُوكَاتُ
al-bulūkātu		 بُلُوكَاتُ
bulūkātu
Accusative بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin		 الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti		 بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti
Genitive بُلُوكَاتٍ
bulūkātin		 الْبُلُوكَاتِ
al-bulūkāti		 بُلُوكَاتِ
bulūkāti

References
  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 113 Nr. 55
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بلوك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 58

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • بولك (bölük), بولوك (bölük)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫlük (“part, fraction, section”), from *bȫl- (“to divide, separate, distinguish”); cognate with Azerbaijani bölük, Kazakh бөлік (bölık), Kyrgyz бөлүк (bölük), Southern Altai бӧлӱк (bölük), Tuvan бөлүк (bölük).

Noun

بلوك • (bölük)

  1. part, division, subdivision, fraction, section
  2. (military) company of infantry, commanded by a captain
  3. (military) squadron of cavalry, comprising two companies
  • بولم (bölüm, “division, portion”)
  • بولمك (bölmek, “to divide, separate”)
  • بولگه (bölge, “region, area, zone”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: bölük
  • → Albanian: bylyk
  • → Arabic: بُلُوك (bulūk)
  • → Armenian: բոլուկ (boluk)
  • → Bulgarian: билю́к (biljúk), бюлю́к (bjuljúk)
  • → Greek: μπουλούκι (bouloúki)
  • → Macedonian: булук (buluk)
  • → Romanian: buluc
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бу̀љук
    Latin script: bùljuk

Further reading
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bölük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 674
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 323–326, Nr. 772
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 293b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Turma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1705
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلوك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 886
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bölük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 385b
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