بلکه

Khalaj

بَلکه (bəlki)

From Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) +‎ (ke, “that”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäl.kʰɪ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäl.kʰɪ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäl.kʰi]


Iranian Persian	بلکه
Dari	بلکه
Tajik	балки

بلکه • (balke)

but (... also)
na tanhâ âsânsor-e hoteletân xarâb bud, balke mâ az pellekânetân ham na tavânestim estefâde konim!
Not only was the elevator of your hotel out of order, but we also couldn't use the stairs!
but (... instead)
man bâ modir harf na zadam, balke bâ kârmandi ke dar ânjâ bud harf zadam.
I didn't talk to the manager, but (rather) to the employee who was there.

→ Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)
- Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)
  - Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
  - → Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
  - → Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)
  - → South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)
  - → Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)
  - → Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)
  - → Laz: ბექითა (bekita), ბეჩი (beçi) — Atina, ბექი (beki) — Arkabi, ბელქი (belki) — Batumi
  - → Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)
  - → Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बल्कि (balki)

Urdu: بلکہ (balki, “but”)
- → Phalura: bálki (“but”)
→ Chagatai:
- Uyghur: بەلكى (belki, “maybe, perhaps”)
- Uzbek: balki (“maybe, perhaps”)
→ Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki, “maybe, perhaps”)
→ Kazakh: бәлки (bälki), бәлкім (bälkım, “maybe, perhaps”)
→ Kyrgyz: балки (balki), балким (balkim, “maybe, perhaps”)