бел

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Avar

Etymology

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

Noun

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Adjective

бел (bel)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Chechen

Etymology

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

Noun

бел (bel)

  1. shovel, spade

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بەل
Cyrillic бел
Latin bel
Yañalif ʙel

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

бел (bel)

  1. waist
  2. spine, backbone
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian بیل (bêl, spade).

Noun

бел (bel)

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

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

бел (bel) (Arabic spelling بەل)

  1. waist

Derived terms

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Derived terms

See also

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

Etymology

Akin to Persian بیل.

Noun

бел (bel)

  1. shovel

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bel.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

бел (bel)

  1. short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of бе̏о

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

бел (bel)

  1. waist

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭫 (bēl, spade).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari بیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik бел

бел (bel) (plural белҳо)

  1. shovel, spade