beda

Balinese

Romanization

beda

1. Romanization of ᬩᬾᬤ
2. Romanization of ᬪᬾᬤ

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• beza (standard Malay)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. different

Noun

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

1. difference

   Synonyms: selisih, pautan

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

beda

1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. dissimilarity
2. difference

Alternative forms

• beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

Derived terms

References

• 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

Further reading

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda

Verb

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

1. to begin, to start

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bedene n pl

Noun

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

Etymology 2

From Old Norse biðja.

Alternative forms

• be, bede
• bidja (pre-1901)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²beːɑ/

Verb

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

References

• “beda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bijéda (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

Noun

béda m (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)

1. misery

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bèːda/

Noun

bẹ́da f

1. misery

Inflection

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.

Derived terms

• béden

Further reading

• “beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran