belli

Meaning

1. known
2. obvious, clear; free of ambiguity or doubt
3. certain (as a determiner)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بللی (belli), from earlier بللو (bellü, “known, perceptible, certain”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹlgü-lig (“manifest”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹlgü (“sign”), a derivation of Proto-Turkic *bẹl- (“to denote, to designate”). Cognates include Azerbaijani bəlli, Karakhanid بَلْكُلُكْ (belgülüg, “manifest”), Chuvash паллӑ (pallă, “sign, label, mark, estimate”), Yakut бэлиэ (belie, “sign, symbol”).

Sentences

Karısı da kapının yanında duruyor ve belli etmeden beni süzüyordu.

His wife was standing by the door and peering at me unnoticed.