băl

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (white). Alternatively, from Albanian balë.[1]

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băl m or n (feminine singular bălă, masculine plural băli, feminine and neuter plural băle)

  1. (regional, Banat, Transylvania) blond
  2. (regional, Banat, Transylvania, of a creature) white all over, or only on its snout

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  1. ^ "Hasdeu": Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Etymologicum Magnum Romaniae, 1894.