AvarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

BulgarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

бел (bel)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

ChechenEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

KazakhEdit

Cyrillic бел (bel)
Arabic بەل
Latin

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. waist
  2. spine, backbone
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Persian بیل(bêl, spade).

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. (Atyrau, Mangyshlak, Karakalpakstan, Turkmenistan) shovel, spade
    Synonym: күрек (kürek)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit

KyrgyzEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived termsEdit

MacedonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [bɛɫ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɫ

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

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)

OssetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Persian بیل‎.

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. shovel

RussianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English bel.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. bel (unit of sound intensity)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

бел (bel)

  1. short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of бе̏о

Southern AltaiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

NounEdit

бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

TajikEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭫(bēl, spade).

NounEdit

Dari بیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik бел (bel)

бел (bel) (plural белҳо)

  1. shovel, spade