Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, misfortune, calamity).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bělaːj/
  • Hyphenation: бе‧лај

Noun edit

бѐла̄ј m (Latin spelling bèlāj)

  1. misfortune, calamity, trouble
  2. (in phrases) devil

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