Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (child).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɑˈɫɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ла
  • (file)

Noun edit

бала (bala)

  1. child
    Яңы йылда һәр бала мөғжизә көтә.
    Yañı yılda hər bala möğjizə kötə.
    At New Near, each child is waiting for a miracle.
    Балалар ата-әсәләренән өлгө ала.
    Balalar ata-əsələrenən ölgö ala.
    Children take example from their parents.
    Баланы нисек бар, шулай яратығыҙ.
    Balanı nisek bar, şulay yaratığıź.
    Love the child the way (he/she) is.
    Бала зиһененә йәнһүрәттең тәьҫире ныҡ көслө.
    Bala zihenenə yənhürətteñ təʹśire nıq köslö.
    The impact of animated cartoons is very strong on a child's mind.
    Уҡытыусы баланың һәр фекерен ихтирам итеп, уны тыңларға, йүнәлеш бирергә һәм үҫтерергә тейеш.
    Uqıtıwsı balanıñ hər fekeren ixtiram itep, unı tıñlarğa, yünəleş birergə həm üśterergə teyeş.
    The teacher must respect the child's every thought, listen to it, give (it) a direction and develop (it).
  2. A son or daughter; an offspring
    Иң ҡурҡынысы — үҫмер балаңдың кеҫәһендә шприц табыу.
    İñ qurqınısı — üśmer balañdıñ keśəhendə şprits tabıw.
    The most frightening (thing) is to find a syringe in your teenager son's (daughter's) pocket.
  3. baby, infant
    Имсәк бала.
    İmsək bala.
    Breastfed baby.
  4. (figuratively) A member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings
  5. young animal, cub
  6. young bird, chick

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic بالا
İske imlâ بلا
Cyrillic бала
Latin bala
Yañalif ʙala

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (child).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɑ̝.ɫɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ла

Noun edit

бала (bala) (nominative plural балалар)

  1. child
  2. baby
  3. boy
  4. son, daughter

Declension edit

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

бала (bala) (Arabic spelling بالا)

  1. child

Declension edit

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

бала (balaf

  1. bale (plant packed into a bundle, e.g. hay, tobacco etc.)

Declension edit

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ба́ла (bálam inan

  1. genitive singular of бал (bal)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Italian ballo, from Old High German balo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bâla/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ла

Noun edit

ба̏ла f (Latin spelling bȁla)

  1. bale, bundle, pack (bundle of goods)
  2. (regional) ball, sphere
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown. Possibly a Dalmatian substratum word; compare Romanian bale (slobber, saliva).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bâla/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ла

Noun edit

ба̏ла f (Latin spelling bȁla)

  1. (usually in the plural) mucus, snivel
  2. (usually in the plural, informal) snot
  3. (usually in the plural) slobber
Declension edit

References edit

  • бала” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • бала” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāla. Cognate with Kazakh бала (bala), Kyrgyz бала (bala), Crimean Tatar bala, Kumyk бала (bala), Shor пала, Western Yugur mïla, etc.

Noun edit

бала (bala)

  1. child

Tatar edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (child). Cognate with Kazakh бала (bala), Kyrgyz бала (bala), Crimean Tatar bala, Kumyk бала (bala), Shor пала, Western Yugur mïla, etc.

Noun edit

бала (bala)

  1. A child
  2. One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
  3. A baby, infant

Uyghur edit

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic بالا
Latin bala
Cyrillic бала

Noun edit

бала (bala)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of بالا (bala, child)

Yakut edit

Etymology edit

Relate to Buryat балай (balaj).

Adjective edit

бала (bala)

  1. many
    көтөрү бала өлөрбүтkötörü bala ölörbüthe killed many birds

Adverb edit

бала (bala)

  1. very
    See synonyms at наһаа (nahaa).
    бала ыалдьыбытbala ıaljıbıthe became seriously ill
  2. (perhaps by extension) blindly, at random
    бала түсbala tüsto fall blindly