bedel

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Contents 1 Crimean Tatar 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Declension 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Verb form 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Synonyms 2.1.2.2 Derived terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Old French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 See also

[edit] Crimean Tatar

any link with Germanic languages (Dutch infra, cognate German betteln 'to beg')?

[edit] Noun

bedel

1. A toll, due, fee, contribution

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic: the verb bedelen 'to beg' being a frequentative of bidden (to pray (for), request', the noun possibly independently derived from cognate High German Bettel, the assumed root of betteln 'to beg'

[edit] Verb form

bedel

1. simple imperative and singular present imperfect forms of bedelen (senses to beg etc.)

[edit] Noun

bedel m. (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje, diminutive plural bedeltjes)

1. The practice of begging, mendinancy

[edit] Synonyms

• gebedel n., bedelen n.

[edit] Derived terms

• bedelbidden (verb)
• bedelbruiker m.

[edit] Etymology 2

From German Pedell, from medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence also pedel, French bedeau, Italian bidello and English beadle)

[edit] Noun

bedel m. (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje, diminutive plural bedeltjes)

1. (obsolete) A beadle, academic usher

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• pedel m.

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[edit] Old French

[edit] Etymology

From medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence also Dutch pedel, bedel, German Pedell, Italian bidello and English beadle)

[edit] Noun

bedel m.

1. A beadle, academic usher

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

bedel mf

1. janitor, porter

[edit] See also

• conserje m. and f.
• portero m.