шала

See also: щяла, шаля, and Appendix:Variations of "sala"

Kaitag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃala/

Noun

ша́ла • (šála)

1. light

   ш́ала дирка́ра ― š́ala dirkára ― to dawn

Antonyms

• цӏямкьдехь (c̣əmq̇dex, “darkness”)

Adjective

ша́ла • (šála)

1. light

Antonyms

• цӏямкь (c̣əmq̇, “dark”)
• къуш (ɢuš, “dark (color)”)

References

• Magomedov, Magomed; Gasanova, Uzlipat (2025), “шала”, in Kaitag Dictionary‎^[1]

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	شالا
Cyrillic	шала
Latin	şala

Adverb

шала • (šala)

1. in half

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃaɫa]

Noun

шала • (šala) f

1. (nonstandard) joke, jest

Declension

Declension of шала

	singular	plural
indefinite	шала (šala)	шали (šali)
definite unspecified	шалата (šalata)	шалите (šalite)
definite proximal	шалава (šalava)	шаливе (šalive)
definite distal	шалана (šalana)	шалине (šaline)
vocative	шало (šalo)	шали (šali)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃǎːla/
• Hyphenation: ша‧ла

Noun

ша́ла f (Latin spelling šála)

1. joke
2. jest
3. prank
4. a bit of fun

Declension

Declension of шала

	singular	plural
nominative	шала	шале
genitive	шале	шала
dative	шали	шалама
accusative	шалу	шале
vocative	шало	шале
locative	шали	шалама
instrumental	шалом	шалама

Derived terms

• ша̏лити се

Further reading

• “шала”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “шала”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2026