beda

See also: Beda, Béda, bēda, běda, Béďa, bēdā, and będą

Balinese

Romanization

beda

1. Romanization of ᬩᬾᬤ
2. Romanization of ᬪᬾᬤ

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• beza (standard Malay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”) via Malay beda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛ.da]
• Hyphenation: bè‧da
• Rhymes: -da, -a

Adjective

beda (stative verb berbeda, comparative lebih beda, informal comparative bedaan, superlative terbeda, equative sebeda)

1. different

Noun

beda (first-person possessive bedaku, second-person possessive bedamu, third-person possessive bedanya)

1. difference

   Synonyms: selisih, pautan

Derived terms

• bedakan
• pembeda
• pembedaan
• perbedaan

 

• beda bersama
• beda himpunan
• beda mundur
• beda mutlak
• beda persekutuan
• beda potensial

 

Further reading

• “beda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

beda

1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.da/
• Hyphenation: bè‧da
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

beda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda, informal 1st possessive bedaku, 2nd possessive bedamu, 3rd possessive bedanya)

1. dissimilarity
2. difference

Alternative forms

• beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berbeda [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• membedakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• pembedaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pembeda [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemerbeda [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
• memperbedakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• diperbedakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

References

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 25-6

Further reading

• “beda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
b-d-j
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda

Verb

beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)

1. to begin, to start

Conjugation

Conjugation of beda
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bdejt	bdejt	beda		bdejna	bdejtu	bdew
	f			bdiet
imperfect	m	nibda	tibda	jibda		nibdew	tibdew	jibdew
	f			tibda
imperative			ibda				ibdew

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bedene n pl

Noun

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

Etymology 2

From Old Norse biðja.

Alternative forms

• be, bede
• bidja (pre-1901)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²beːɑ/

Verb

beda (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed)

1. to ask; request
2. to pray

References

• “beda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bijéda (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

Noun

béda m (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)

1. misery

Declension

Declension of beda

	singular	plural
nominative	beda	bede
genitive	bede	beda
dative	bedi	bedama
accusative	bedu	bede
vocative	bedo	bede
locative	bedi	bedama
instrumental	bedom	bedama

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bèːda/

Noun

bẹ́da f

1. misery

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	béda
genitive	béde
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	béda
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bédi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bédo

Derived terms

• béden

Further reading

• “beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran