bela
التعريفات والمعاني
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela, “calamity, misfortune, evil, trouble”). from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).
=== Noun ===
bela m (plural belatë)
(colloquial) trouble
(colloquial) annoyance, nuisance
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
== Aragonese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bel-la (with geminate /ll/)
bel (masculine)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin bella (“pretty”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbela/
Syllabification: be‧la
Rhymes: -ela
=== Adjective ===
bela f
strange (in certain expressions)
=== Determiner ===
bela f
any, anyone
=== References ===
Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.lə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.la]
=== Verb ===
bela
inflection of belar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Chibcha ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish vela.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /βela/
=== Noun ===
bela
candle, cylindrical piece made of wax with a wick in its center, which serves to light
=== References ===
Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian bello, Latin bellus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbela/
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: be‧la
=== Adjective ===
bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)
beautiful, pretty
Antonym: malbela
1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.
==== Derived terms ====
belega
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
Rhymes: -ɛlɐ, -ɛla
Hyphenation: be‧la
=== Adjective ===
bela
feminine singular of belo
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Esperanto bela, French beau, Italian bello, Spanish belo, from Latin bellus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbe.la/
=== Adjective ===
bela
beautiful
==== Antonyms ====
leda
==== Derived terms ====
beleskar (“to embellish”)
beligar (“to beautify, embellish”)
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Malay bela (“to advocate, to defend, to avenge”), from Old Javanese bela (“be prepared to die with another person, die for and with another person”), welā (“limit of time, period, hour, last hour, hour of death”), from Sanskrit वेला (velā, “point, time, end”).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Noun ====
béla (plural bela-bela)
sacrifice
living for someone else
avenger
==== Verb ====
béla (active membela, passive dibela)
to look after
to defend
to avenge
==== Derived terms ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Lamma [Term?].
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Noun ====
béla (plural bela-bela)
intertribal oath to resolve problems in the West Pantar region, Alor Regency
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Ngadha [Term?].
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Noun ====
béla (plural bela-bela)
earring worn by Ngada women
=== Etymology 4 ===
Borrowed from Bobot [Term?].
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Verb ====
béla
(dialectal) to drive animals out of a garden together
=== Etymology 5 ===
Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦭ (bala, “supporter; army; strength”), from Old Javanese bala (“strength”), borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala, “power, strength”). Doublet of bala.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈla/ [bəˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Noun ====
bêla (plural bela-bela)
(nautical) ship's crew
Synonym: anak buah kapal
=== Etymology 6 ===
Borrowed from Bulungan [Term?].
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈla/ [bəˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: be‧la
==== Noun ====
bêla (plural bela-bela)
(dialectal) nontoxic chopsticks
=== Further reading ===
“bela”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.la/
Rhymes: -ɛla
Hyphenation: bè‧la
=== Verb ===
bela
inflection of belare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Anagrams ===
Abèl, Elba, albe
== Mirandese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *vela, from the plural of Latin velum.
=== Noun ===
bela f (plural belas)
(nautical) sail
sail, blade of a windmill
spark plug
== Northern Kurdish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).
=== Noun ===
bela ?
affliction
== Northern Sotho ==
=== Verb ===
bela
to boil
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Verb ===
bela
simple past of belegge
== Old Irish ==
=== Noun ===
bela
alternative spelling of béla
=== Mutation ===
== Old Occitan ==
=== Adjective ===
bela
feminine singular of bel
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.la/
Rhymes: -ɛla
Syllabification: be‧la
=== Etymology 1 ===
Back-formation from belka.
==== Noun ====
bela f
augmentative of belka; large beam, large plank
spool, reel, bolt (of paper or fabric)
bale (a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)
Synonyms: bal, balot
bale (ten reams of paper)
===== Declension =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
bela m inan
genitive/accusative singular of bel
=== Further reading ===
bela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bela in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Homophone: vela (Northern Portugal)
Hyphenation: be‧la
=== Adjective ===
bela
feminine singular of belo
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From bèlot, belȍt.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /bêla/
Hyphenation: be‧la
==== Noun ====
bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла, genitive plural bȇlā)
belote
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Adjective ====
bela (Cyrillic spelling бела)
inflection of beo:
feminine nominative/vocative singular
indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
=== References ===
“bela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Sotho ==
=== Verb ===
bela
to boil (something)
== Swazi ==
=== Etymology ===
From -ba + -ela.
=== Verb ===
-béla
to steal from
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
== Tswana ==
=== Verb ===
bela
to boil
== Turkish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
belâ
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /be.laː/
=== Noun ===
bela (definite accusative belayı, plural belalar)
affliction, trouble
==== Declension ====
== Turkmen ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: be‧la
=== Noun ===
bela (definite accusative belany, plural belalar)
disaster, catastrophe
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“bela” in Enedilim.com
“bela” in Webonary.org
== Volapük ==
=== Noun ===
bela
genitive singular of bel