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 (plural beda-beda)

1. difference

   Synonyms: pewat, selisih, pautan

Derived terms

• bedakan
• berbeda
• berbeda-beda
• berbedaan
• dibeda-bedakan
• dibedakan
• diperbedakan
• membeda-bedakan
• membedakan
• memperbedakan
• pembeda
• pembedaan
• perbedaan
• terbeda-bedakan
• terbedakan

• 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 of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

beda

1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

Malay

Alternative forms

• beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda)

1. (Riau) dissimilarity
2. (Riau) difference

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

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بيدا beda (ook bedza)”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 68
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيدا beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 139
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 97-8

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

   "Ibda," qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed.

   "Begin," said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.

     My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of beda

positive forms
		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 (Landsmål))

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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bedu, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

Noun

beda f

1. prayer
2. request

Inflection

Declension of beda (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	beda	beda, bedon
accusative	beda, bedon	beda, bedon
genitive	bedon	bedono
dative	bedon	bedon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bēde
  • Dutch: bede
    • Afrikaans: bede

References

• “beda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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

Declension

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)	béde
dative (dajȃlnik)	bédi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bédo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bédi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bédo

Derived terms

• béden

Further reading

• “beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025