beda

beda

1. Romanization of ᬩᬾᬤ
2. Romanization of ᬪᬾᬤ

• beza (standard Malay)

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”) via Malay beda.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: bè‧da
• Rhymes: -da, -a

beda (stative verb berbeda, comparative lebih beda, informal comparative bedaan, superlative terbeda, equative sebeda)

1. different

beda (first-person possessive bedaku, second-person possessive bedamu, third-person possessive bedanya)

1. difference

   Synonyms: pewat, selisih, pautan

• “beda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

beda

1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”).

• IPA^(key): /be.da/
• Hyphenation: bè‧da
• Rhymes: -a

beda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda, informal 1st possessive bedaku, 2nd possessive bedamu, 3rd possessive bedanya)

1. dissimilarity
2. difference

• beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 25-6

• “beda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda

beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)

1. to begin, to start

   "Ibda," qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed.

   "Begin," said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.

     My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.

• bedene n pl

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

From Old Norse biðja.

• be, bede
• bidja (pre-1901 (Landsmål))

• IPA^(key): /²beːɑ/

beda (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed)

1. to ask; request
2. to pray

• “beda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• bijéda (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

béda m (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)

1. misery

From Proto-Slavic *běda.

• IPA^(key): /bèːda/

bẹ́da f

1. misery

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• béden

• “beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024