bedel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle. === Noun === bedel (plural bedels) (historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Lebed, debel, beled, deleb, bleed == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch bedelen. === Pronunciation === === Verb === bedel (present bedel, present participle bedelende, past participle gebedel) To beg == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bedel A toll, due, fee, contribution ==== Declension ==== === References === “bedel”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛdɛl] Rhymes: -ɛdel Hyphenation: be‧del === Noun === bedel genitive plural of bedla == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From bedelen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbeːdəl/ Hyphenation: be‧del Rhymes: -eːdəl ==== Noun ==== bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n) a charm (small trinket or pendant on a bracelet or necklace) the practice of begging, mendicancy ===== Usage notes ===== In the sense “charm” most commonly used in the diminutive form bedeltje. When used as the first component in a compound noun, however, as in bedelarmband = bedel +‎ armband, the main form is used. ===== Synonyms ===== (begging): gebedel (begging): bedelen ===== Derived terms ===== bedelbidden bedelbruiker === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bəˈdɛl/ Hyphenation: be‧del Rhymes: -ɛl ==== Noun ==== bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n) obsolete form of pedel (“beagle, academic usher”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbeːdəl/ Hyphenation: be‧del Rhymes: -eːdəl ==== Verb ==== bedel inflection of bedelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === beeld, belde == Old French == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus, from a merger of Frankish *bidil (“candidate, volunteer”) (from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”)) and Frankish *budil (“herald, beadle”) (from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”)). Akin to Old High German bitil (“candidate”), Old High German butil (“beadle”) (German Büttel), Old English bydel (“apparitor, messenger, beadle”) (English beadle). === Noun === bedel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative singular bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative plural bedel) A beadle, academic usher ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: bedeau French: bedeau → Italian: bidello == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French bedel. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: be‧del === Noun === bedel m (plural bedéis) bedel === Further reading === “bedel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bedel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bedel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈdel/ [beˈð̞el] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: be‧del === Noun === bedel m or f by sense (plural bedeles) janitor, porter ==== See also ==== conserje m portero m === Further reading === “bedel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بدل, from Arabic بَدَل (badal, “substitution, equivalent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈdel/, [beˈdæl] Hyphenation: be‧del === Adjective === bedel equivalent Bir dolar, beş Türk lirasına bedel. ― One dollar is equivalent to five Turkish liras. === Noun === bedel (definite accusative bedeli, plural bedeller) value, price Synonyms: paha, fiyat substitute Synonym: yedek substitute hajji (someone who performs the hajj for payment in place of someone else) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bedelli === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bedel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük