Avar

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Etymology

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

Noun

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бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɛɫ]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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бел (bel)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Chamalal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Andian [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Noun

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бе̄л (beelclass 5

  1. mountain
    бе̄ллӏ гьаваbeelᵏll havamountain air

Declension

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Declension of бел (type 1/бе̄л (beel), no gradation)
Singular Plural
Nominative бе̄л
beel
бе̄лди
beeldi
Ergative бе̄лд
beeld
бе̄лдад
beeldad
Genitive бе̄ллӏ
beelᵏll
бе̄лдалӏ
beeldaᵏll
Dative бе̄ллъа
beellˢa
бе̄лдалъа
beeldalˢa

References

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  • Magomedova, Patimat T. (1999) Чамалинско-русский словарь [Chamali-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 74

Chechen

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Etymology

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

Noun

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бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic بەل
Cyrillic бел
Latin bel
Yañalif ʙel

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

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бел (bel)

  1. waist
  2. spine, backbone
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Persian بیل (bêl, spade).

Noun

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бел (bel)

  1. (Atyrau, Mangyshlak, Karakalpakstan, Turkmenistan) shovel, spade
    Synonym: күрек (kürek)
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Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

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бел (bel) (Arabic spelling بەل)

  1. waist

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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See also

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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

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Etymology

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Akin to Persian بیل.

Noun

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бел (bel)

  1. shovel

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. bel (unit of sound intensity)
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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бел (bel)

  1. short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

  1. Alternative form of бе̏о

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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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

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бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived terms

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References

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Persian بیل (bēl)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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бел (bel) (Persian spelling بیل)

  1. shovel, spade

Inflection

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Inflection of бел
singular plural
sound broken1 or broken1
bare бел
bel
белҳо
belho
[Term?]
[Term?]
definite
object
белро
belro
белҳоро
belhoro
ро
ro
ро
ro
izofa бели
bel-i
белҳои
belho-yi
и
i
и
i
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare беле
bele
object белеро
belero
Possessive forms of бел
singular plural
sound broken1 broken1
bare 1st singular белам
belam
белҳоям
belhoyam
ам
am
ам
am
2nd singular белат
belat
белҳоят
belhoyat
ат
at
ат
at
3rd singular белаш
belaš
белҳояш
belhoyaš
аш
аш
1st plural беламон
belamon
белҳоямон
belhoyamon
амон
amon
амон
amon
2nd plural белатон
belaton
белҳоятон
belhoyaton
атон
aton
атон
aton
3rd plural белашон
belašon
белҳояшон
belhoyašon
ашон
ašon
ашон
ašon
singular plural
sound broken1 broken1
definite
object
1st singular беламро
belamro
белҳоямро
belhoyamro
амро
amro
амро
amro
2nd singular белатро
belatro
белҳоятро
belhoyatro
атро
atro
атро
atro
3rd singular белашро
belašro
белҳояшро
belhoyašro
ашро
ašro
ашро
ašro
1st plural беламонро
belamonro
белҳоямонро
belhoyamonro
амонро
amonro
амонро
amonro
2nd plural белатонро
belatonro
белҳоятонро
belhoyatonro
атонро
atonro
атонро
atonro
3rd plural белашонро
belašonro
белҳояшонро
belhoyašonro
ашонро
ašonro
ашонро
ašonro