бала

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (“child”).

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ла

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бала • (bala)

1. child

   Яңы йылда һәр бала мөғжизә көтә.

   Yañı yılda hər bala möğjizə kötə.

   At New Near, each child is waiting for a miracle.

   Балалар ата-әсәләренән өлгө ала.

   Balalar ata-əsələrenən ölgö ala.

   Children take example from their parents.

   Баланы нисек бар, шулай яратығыҙ.

   Balanı nisek bar, şulay yaratığıź.

   Love the child the way (he/she) is.

   Бала зиһененә йәнһүрәттең тәьҫире ныҡ көслө.

   Bala zihenenə yənhürətteñ təʹśire nıq köslö.

   The impact of animated cartoons is very strong on a child's mind.

   Уҡытыусы баланың һәр фекерен ихтирам итеп, уны тыңларға, йүнәлеш бирергә һәм үҫтерергә тейеш.

   Uqıtıwsı balanıñ hər fekeren ixtiram itep, unı tıñlarğa, yünəleş birergə həm üśterergə teyeş.

   The teacher must respect the child's every thought, listen to it, give (it) a direction and develop (it).

2. A son or daughter; an offspring

   Иң ҡурҡынысы — үҫмер балаңдың кеҫәһендә шприц табыу.

   İñ qurqınısı — üśmer balañdıñ keśəhendə şprits tabıw.

   The most frightening (thing) is to find a syringe in your teenager son's (daughter's) pocket.

3. baby, infant

   Имсәк бала.

   İmsək bala.

   Breastfed baby.

4. (figuratively) A member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings
5. young animal, cub
6. young bird, chick

• бала саҡ (bala saq, “childhood”)

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (“child”).

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• Hyphenation: ба‧ла

бала • (bala) (nominative plural балалар)

1. child
2. baby
3. boy
4. son, daughter

From Proto-Turkic *bāla.

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бала • (bala) (Arabic spelling بالا)

1. child

Compare Serbo-Croatian ба̏ла, from Italian ballo.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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бала • (bala) f

1. bale (plant packed into a bundle, e.g. hay, tobacco etc.)

From Proto-Turkic *bāla.

бала • (bala)

1. child

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бала”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

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ба́ла • (bála) m inan

1. genitive singular of бал (bal)

From Italian ballo, from Old High German balo.

• IPA^(key): /bâla/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ла

ба̏ла f (Latin spelling bȁla)

1. bale, bundle, pack (bundle of goods)
2. (regional) ball, sphere

Unknown. Possibly a Dalmatian substratum word; compare Romanian bale (“slobber, saliva”).

• IPA^(key): /bâla/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ла

ба̏ла f (Latin spelling bȁla)

1. (usually in the plural) mucus, snivel
2. (usually in the plural, informal) snot
3. (usually in the plural) slobber

• “бала”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “бала”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Proto-Turkic *bāla. Cognate with Kazakh бала (bala), Kyrgyz бала (bala), Crimean Tatar bala, Kumyk бала (bala), Shor пала, Western Yugur mïla, etc.

бала • (bala)

1. child

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бала”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *bāla (“child”). Cognate with Kazakh бала (bala), Kyrgyz бала (bala), Crimean Tatar bala, Kumyk бала (bala), Shor пала, Western Yugur mïla, etc.

бала • (bala) (Latin spelling bala)

1. A child
2. One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
3. A baby, infant

бала • (bala)

1. Cyrillic spelling of بالا (bala, “child”)

Related to Buryat балай (balaj).

бала • (bala)

1. many

   көтөрү бала өлөрбүт ― kötörü bala ölörbüt ― he killed many birds

бала • (bala)

1. very

   See synonyms at наһаа (nahaa).

   бала ыалдьыбыт ― bala ıaljıbıt ― he became seriously ill

2. (perhaps by extension) blindly, at random

   бала түс ― bala tüs ― to fall blindly