Avar edit

Etymology edit

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian بیل (bêl). Compare Azerbaijani bel.

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɛɫ]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

бел (bel)

  1. Alternative form of бял (bjal, white).

Usage notes edit

  • This pronunciation is typical of the Southwestern dialects, such as shopski and Macedonian-influenced Bulgarian.

Declension edit

Chechen edit

Etymology edit

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian بیل (bêl). Compare Azerbaijani bel.

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic بەل
Cyrillic бел
Latin bel
Yañalif ʙel

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. waist
  2. spine, backbone
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian بیل (bêl, spade).

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. (Atyrau, Mangyshlak, Karakalpakstan, Turkmenistan) shovel, spade
    Synonym: күрек (kürek)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun edit

бел (bel) (Arabic spelling بەل)

  1. waist

Derived terms edit

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

бел (bel) (comparative побел, superlative најбел, diminutive беличок, abstract noun белина)

  1. white
  2. noun intensifier, e.g. in бел (bel) свет, "this whole wide world", lit. "white world"

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Macedonian · бои (boi) (layout · text)
     бел (bel)      сив (siv)      црн (crn)
             црвен (crven), румен (rumen)              портокалов (portokalov); кафеав (kafeav), лисест (lisest)              жолт (žolt)
             маслинест (maslinest)              зелен (zelen)             
             тиркизен (tirkizen)                           син (sin), плав (plav); модар (modar)
             виолетов (violetov)              лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren)              розов (rozov)

Ossetian edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Persian بیل.

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English bel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɛɫ] (phonetic respelling: бэл)
  • IPA(key): [bʲeɫ]

Noun edit

бел (bɛl, belm inan (genitive бе́ла, nominative plural бе́лы, genitive plural бе́лов)

  1. bel (unit of sound intensity)
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

бел (bel)

  1. short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

бе̑л (definite бе̑лӣ, comparative бѐљӣ, Latin spelling bȇl)

  1. Alternative form of бе̏о

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il², waist); Kazakh бел (bel), Kyrgyz бел (bel), Crimean Tatar bel, Kumyk бел (bel), Bashkir бил (bil), Tatar бил (bil), Turkish bel (waist), Uzbek bel, Uyghur بەل (bel, waist), etc.

Noun edit

бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived terms edit

References edit

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бел”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бел”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tajik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭫 (bēl, spade).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Dari بیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik бел

бел (bel) (plural белҳо)

  1. shovel, spade