bölmek

Meaning

1. (transitive) to divide, split, separate
2. (transitive) to parcel out, portion
3. (transitive) to divide
4. (transitive) to break, interrupt

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بولمك (bölmek, “to divide, separate”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (böl-, “to separate”), from Proto-Turkic *bȫl- (“to divide, separate, distinguish”).
cognates
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰾𐰼 (b²il²s²r² /⁠bölser⁠/, “if one (tries to) distinguish between”), Karakhanid [script needed] (bölükmēk, “to be split into groups”), Azerbaijani bölmək (“to divide, split”), Bashkir бүлеү (bülew, “to divide”), Chagatai [script needed] (bölmek, “to divide, distribute, separate”), Chuvash пӳлме (pülme, “to break, interrupt”), Kazakh бөлу (bölu, “to divide”), Khakas пӧлерге (“to divide”), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (böl-, “to set apart”), Kyrgyz бөлүү (bölüü, “to divide”), Southern Altai бӧли (böli, “to divide”), Tatar бүлү (bülü, “to divide”), Turkmen bȫlmek (“to divide”), Uyghur بۆلمەك (bölmek, “to divide”), Uzbek boʻlmoq (“to divide”).