bal

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

bal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Baluchi.

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun[edit]

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)

  1. A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch bal, from French bal.

Noun[edit]

bal (plural balle or bals)

  1. A ball (formal dance event).

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.[1]

Noun[edit]

bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)

  1. dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 15

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic бал
Perso-Arabic بال‎

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [bɑɫ]
  • Audio (Baku)(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun[edit]

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball), from French balle (“voting ball”).

Noun[edit]

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. point
  2. mark, grade, score

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal), from French bal, from Late Latin ballō.

Noun[edit]

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. ball, dance

Declension[edit]

    Declension of bal
singular plural
nominative bal
 ballar
definite accusative balı
 balları
dative bala
 ballara
locative balda
 ballarda
ablative baldan
 ballardan
definite genitive balın
 balların
    Possessive forms of bal
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balım ballarım
sənin (“your”) balın balların
onun (“his/her/its”) balı balları
bizim (“our”) balımız ballarımız
sizin (“your”) balınız ballarınız
onların (“their”) balı or balları balları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balımı ballarımı
sənin (“your”) balını ballarını
onun (“his/her/its”) balını ballarını
bizim (“our”) balımızı ballarımızı
sizin (“your”) balınızı ballarınızı
onların (“their”) balını or ballarını ballarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balıma ballarıma
sənin (“your”) balına ballarına
onun (“his/her/its”) balına ballarına
bizim (“our”) balımıza ballarımıza
sizin (“your”) balınıza ballarınıza
onların (“their”) balına or ballarına ballarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balımda ballarımda
sənin (“your”) balında ballarında
onun (“his/her/its”) balında ballarında
bizim (“our”) balımızda ballarımızda
sizin (“your”) balınızda ballarınızda
onların (“their”) balında or ballarında ballarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balımdan ballarımdan
sənin (“your”) balından ballarından
onun (“his/her/its”) balından ballarından
bizim (“our”) balımızdan ballarımızdan
sizin (“your”) balınızdan ballarınızdan
onların (“their”) balından or ballarından ballarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) balımın ballarımın
sənin (“your”) balının ballarının
onun (“his/her/its”) balının ballarının
bizim (“our”) balımızın ballarımızın
sizin (“your”) balınızın ballarınızın
onların (“their”) balının or ballarının ballarının

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. honey, mead
  2. ball, dance party

Declension[edit]

Declension of bal
nominative bal
genitive balnıñ
dative balğa
accusative balnı
locative balda
ablative baldan

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bal

  1. second-person singular imperative of balit

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of baal.

Noun[edit]

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

  1. a ball or any object with such a shape
  2. (informal) testicle, nut
  3. (sports) pass, shot
    Lekker balletje! ― Nice pass/shot!
  4. (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: bal
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bal
  • → Indonesian: bal
  • → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
  • → Saramaccan: balí
  • → Sranan Tongo: bal

Etymology 2[edit]

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun[edit]

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

  1. ball, dance party
Descendants[edit]
  • Negerhollands: bal
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: bal
  • →? Sranan Tongo: bal

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

bal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ballen
  2. imperative of ballen

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal m (plural bals)

  1. dance party, ball

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French bal (“dance”).

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. dance party, ball

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English ball.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)

  1. ball

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bal (not generally comparable, comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

  1. left
    bal kéz ― left hand
    a bal oldalon ― on the left side
    Antonym: jobb
  2. (figuratively) bad, unlucky

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bal —
accusative balt —
dative balnak —
instrumental ballal —
causal-final balért —
translative ballá —
terminative balig —
essive-formal balként —
essive-modal — —
inessive balban —
superessive balon —
adessive balnál —
illative balba —
sublative balra —
allative balhoz —
elative balból —
delative balról —
ablative baltól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		balé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		baléi —

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words
Expressions

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbal]
  • Hyphenation: bal

Noun[edit]

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

  1. (colloquial) ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
    Synonym: bola

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbal]
  • Hyphenation: bal

Noun[edit]

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

  1. bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
  2. A closed bag or package of wares.
    Synonyms: bandela, karung

Further reading[edit]

Limburgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑ(ː)l/, [bɑ(ː)˨l], [bɑ(ː)˦l]
    IPA(key): (Tungers) [bɑ̃l]
  • Hyphenation: bal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl, -ɑːl

Noun[edit]

bal m (plural balle or bel, diminutive belke or belsje)

  1. (most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
  2. (most dialects, informal) testicle, nut
  3. (most dialects, anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot)
  4. (most dialects, chiefly in the negative) anything
    Heer snap dao geinen bal vaanaof. (Maastrichtian)
    He doesn't understand anything.

Declension[edit]

    Declension of bal (masculine) in Limburgish.
Singular Plural
Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation
Nominative bal pal belke pelke bel pel belker pelker
Genitive bals pals belkes pelkes bel pel belker pelker
Locative balles palles balleske palleske ballese pallese balleskes palleskes
Dative ballem (archaic) pallem (archaic) belkem (archaic) pelkem (archaic) bel pel belker pelker
Accusative balle (archaic) palle (archaic) belke pelke bel pel belker pelker

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bal

  1. nearly, almost
  2. soon

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun[edit]

bal m

  1. ball (round object), sphere
  2. something worthless

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: bal
    • Afrikaans: bal
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bal
    • → Indonesian: bal
    • → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
    • → Saramaccan: balí
    • → Sranan Tongo: bal
  • Limburgish: bal
  • West Flemish: bol

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal (plural balles)

  1. A ball (an object of spherical shape)
  2. A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
  3. A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
  4. The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
  5. A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
  6. One's head (top part of one's body)
  7. A projectile resembling a ball in form
  8. (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
  9. (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
  10. (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

North Wahgi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. fish

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb bala.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)

  1. bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)
    Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.
    It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.

Further reading[edit]

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.

Noun[edit]

bal m

  1. bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)

Declension[edit]

Declension of -
singular dual plural
nominative — — —
genitive — — —
dative — — —
accusative — — —
instrumental balem — —
locative — — —
vocative — — —

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French bal,[1] from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

Noun[edit]

bal m inan (diminutive balik)

  1. ball (formal dance)
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:impreza
Declension[edit]
Declension of bal
singular plural
nominative bal bale
genitive balu bali
dative balowi balom
accusative bal bale
instrumental balem balami
locative balu balach
vocative balu bale
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
adverb
nouns
verbs

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Balken or Baal.[1]

Noun[edit]

bal m inan

  1. log (large cut piece of wood)
    Synonyms: dyl, kloc
Declension[edit]
Declension of bal
singular plural
nominative bal bale
genitive balu bali
dative balowi balom
accusative bal bale
instrumental balem balami
locative balu balach
vocative balu bale

Etymology 3[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish bal, from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.[2]

Noun[edit]

bal m inan

  2. bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)
    Synonyms: balot, bela
Declension[edit]
Declension of bal
singular plural
nominative bal bale
genitive balu bali
dative balowi balom
accusative bal bale
instrumental balem balami
locative balu balach
vocative balu bale

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  2. ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • bal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin ballāre (“dance”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈbaɐ̯l]

Noun[edit]

bal m (plural bël)

  1. dance

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).

Noun[edit]

bal m (nominative plural bala)

  1. a single hair
  2. (in the plural) hair
    2002 July 1, Milena Hübschmannová, “Origin of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎[2], archived from the original on 2014-10-27:
    mire bala kale hin
    My hair is black

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: baalo

References[edit]

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāˊla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 675
  • Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bal”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 18
  • Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[3], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o bal, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 71-72

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bal.

Noun[edit]

bal n (plural baluri)

  1. ball (party)

Declension[edit]

Declension of bal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bal balul (niște) baluri balurile
genitive/dative (unui) bal balului (unor) baluri balurilor
vocative balule balurilor

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun[edit]

bal m (plural bals)

  1. ball (formal dance)

Salar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Compare to Kazakh бал (bal), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [pɑl], [pɑɫ]

Noun[edit]

bal (3rd person possessive {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. honey

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “pal”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 435
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “bal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 7
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014), “bal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 17
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “bal”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 32
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “bal”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 54

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. fire

References[edit]

  • López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)

  1. ball (dance)

Southern Kam[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. fish

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bal

  1. Romanization of 𒁄 (bal)

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal c

  1. bale, bundle (big packet of things)
  2. Formal gathering for dance, ball

Declension[edit]

Declension of bal 1
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bal balen balar balarna
Genitive bals balens balars balarnas
Declension of bal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bal balen baler balerna
Genitive bals balens balers balernas

Related terms[edit]

bale
ball

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. honey

Tübatulabal[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. Alternative spelling of pa·l

References[edit]

  • Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بال‎, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative bal
Definite accusative balı
Singular Plural
Nominative bal ballar
Definite accusative balı balları
Dative bala ballara
Locative balda ballarda
Ablative baldan ballardan
Genitive balın balların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular balım ballarım
2nd singular balın balların
3rd singular balı balları
1st plural balımız ballarımız
2nd plural balınız ballarınız
3rd plural balları balları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular balımı ballarımı
2nd singular balını ballarını
3rd singular balını ballarını
1st plural balımızı ballarımızı
2nd plural balınızı ballarınızı
3rd plural ballarını ballarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular balıma ballarıma
2nd singular balına ballarına
3rd singular balına ballarına
1st plural balımıza ballarımıza
2nd plural balınıza ballarınıza
3rd plural ballarına ballarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular balımda ballarımda
2nd singular balında ballarında
3rd singular balında ballarında
1st plural balımızda ballarımızda
2nd plural balınızda ballarınızda
3rd plural ballarında ballarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular balımdan ballarımdan
2nd singular balından ballarından
3rd singular balından ballarından
1st plural balımızdan ballarımızdan
2nd plural balınızdan ballarınızdan
3rd plural ballarından ballarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular balımın ballarımın
2nd singular balının ballarının
3rd singular balının ballarının
1st plural balımızın ballarımızın
2nd plural balınızın ballarınızın
3rd plural ballarının ballarının

Derived terms[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun[edit]

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Volapük[edit]

Volapük cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : bal
    Ordinal : balid
    Adverbial : balna

Numeral[edit]

bal

  1. one

Derived terms[edit]

Wolof[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal (definite form bal bi)

  1. ball

References[edit]

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN

Zaniza Zapotec[edit]

Noun[edit]

bal

  1. fish
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