beci

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Czech

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beci

  1. nominative/vocative plural of bek

Manggarai

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Etymology

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From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

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beci

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Kipchak beč (oven, cave), from Russian печь (pečʹ, oven), from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pektis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ- (to cook). Compare Romanian peșteră (cave), from the same Proto-Slavic root.

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Noun

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beci n (plural beciuri)

  1. cellar
  2. (slang) prison, jail

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