बला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلا (balā), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.lɑː/, [bɐ.läː]

Noun

बला • (balā) f (Urdu spelling بلا)

1. misfortune, affliction
2. spirit, hag
3. (informal) a vast amount (of)

Declension

Declension of बला (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बला balā	बलाएँ balāẽ
oblique	बला balā	बलाओं balāõ
vocative	बला balā	बलाओ balāo

Newar

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-la(k) (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəla]

Noun

बला • (balā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐧𑐮𑐵)

1. arrow

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• balā (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• বলা (Bengali script)
• බලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဗလာ or ၿလႃ (Burmese script)
• พลา or พะลา (Thai script)
• ᨻᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ພລາ or ພະລາ (Lao script)
• ពលា (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

बला

1. Devanagari script form of balā, ablative singular of बल (bala, “strength”)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلا (balā), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

बला • (balā) f (Perso-Arabic بَلا)

1. calamity
2. snake

   Synonyms: सपु (sapu), नांगु (nāṅgu)

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “بَلا”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 194
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “بَلا”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 50
• Stack, George (1849), “बला”, in A dictionary, English and Sindhi, American Mission Press, page 17
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “بلا”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]