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

Balinese

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Romanization

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beda

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬾᬤ
  2. Romanization of ᬪᬾᬤ

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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  • beza (standard Malay)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. different

Noun

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beda (plural beda-beda)

  1. difference
    Synonyms: pewat, selisih, pautan

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Javanese

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Romanization

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beda

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, contrast, distinction, difference).[1] Doublet of beza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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beda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda)

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  • 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

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Maltese

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Root
b-d-j
6 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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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

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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beda n pl

  1. definite plural of bed

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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beda n pl

  1. definite plural of bed

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse biðja.

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Verb

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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

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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

Noun

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beda f

  1. prayer
  2. request

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: bēde
    • Dutch: bede

References

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  • beda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

Noun

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béda m (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)

  1. misery

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *běda.

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Noun

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bẹ́da f

  1. misery

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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