бел

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Avar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Bulgarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [bɛɫ]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

бел (bel)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Chechen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic بەل
Cyrillic бел
Latin bel
Yañalif ʙel

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. waist
  2. spine, backbone
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian بیل (bêl, spade).

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. (Atyrau, Mangyshlak, Karakalpakstan, Turkmenistan) shovel, spade
    Synonym: күрек (kürek)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Kyrgyz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun[edit]

бел (bel) (Arabic spelling بەل)

  1. waist

Derived terms[edit]

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

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)

Ossetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Persian بیل.

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. shovel

Russian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bel.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. bel (unit of sound intensity)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of бе̏о

Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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 [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tajik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭫 (bēl, spade).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Dari بیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik бел

бел (bel) (plural белҳо)

  1. shovel, spade