Where does “bəlgə” come from?

bəlgə (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Turkic bẹl- — to denote, to designate.

bəlgə (Azerbaijani): gift sent to the household of the fiancée as a token of engagement (usually a ring and a headscarf)

Definitions

  1. gift sent to the household of the fiancée as a token of engagement (usually a ring and a headscarf)

Ancestry of “bəlgə”, step by step

bəlgə traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic bẹl-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbẹl-to denote, to designate

via Classical Persian برگه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبرگه—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bẹl- →