بل

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See also: تل, پل, and بِل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Conjunction

بَلْ (bal)

  1. (after a negative) but; rather
    لَا يَكْرَهُهَا، بَل يُحِبُّهَا
    lā yakrahuhā, bal yuḥibbuhā
    He doesn’t hate her, but rather loves her.
  2. (after an affirmative) used to cancel what precedes it and confirm what follows it
    جَاءَتْ سُعَادُ، بَلْ سَلْمَى
    jāʔat suʕādu, bal salmā
    It wasn't Su'ad that came, but rather Salma.
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Etymology 2

Root
ب ل ل (b-l-l)

Verb

بَلَّ (balla) I, non-past يَبُلُّ‎ (yabullu)

  1. to moisten, to wet, to sprinkle
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

Noun

بَلّ (ballm

  1. verbal noun of بَلَّ (balla) (form I)
Declension
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Brahui

A man carrying a bow and arrow

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wil. Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಲ್ಲು (billu), Tamil வில் (vil), Telugu విల్లు (villu) and Malayalam വില്ല് (villŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِل (bil)

  1. bow

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.

Verb

بَلْ (bal)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) to become

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chuvash: пул (pul)

References

  • İbrahim ARIKAN, İdil Bulgar Kitâbelerinde Geçen “BALTUR” Sözcüğü Üzerine, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Türkoloji Dergisi 21, 1 (2014) 15-24

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *bəδ, *bəδá, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *bidá, from Proto-Iranian *dwitáh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • (file)

Adjective

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بل (bəl)

  1. other
  2. next

Declension

References

  1. ^ Julian Kreidl (2021) “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus

Persian

Noun

بل (bol)

  1. (Sistani) bubble

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل ل
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّ (balla).

Pronunciation

Verb

بلّ (ball) I (present ببلّ (bibill))

  1. to make wet, to moisten
    Antonyms: نشّف (naššaf), جفّف (jaffaf)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بلّ (ball)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بلّيت (ballēt) بلّيت (ballēt) بلّ (ball) بلّينا (ballēna) بلّيتو (ballētu) بلّو (ballu)
f بلّيتي (ballēti) بلّت (ballat)
present m ببلّ (babill) بتبلّ (bitbill) ببلّ (bibill) منبلّ (minbill) بتبلّو (bitbillu) ببلّو (bibillu)
f بتبلّي (bitbilli) بتبلّ (bitbill)
subjunctive m ابلّ (abill) تبلّ (tbill) يبلّ (ybill) نبلّ (nbill) تبلّو (tbillu) يبلّو (ybillu)
f تبلّي (tbilli) تبلّ (tbill)
imperative m بلّ (bill) بلّو (billu)
f بلّي (billi)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بل (bāl, ba:l)

  1. (Kuzarg) snow

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit बल (bala), from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (power, strength).

Noun

بل (balm (Hindi spelling बल)

  1. power
  2. strength
  3. might
  4. vigor
  5. effort
  6. force
  7. violence