بلا

بَلَا • (balā) I (non-past يَبْلُو (yablū), verbal noun بَلَاء (balāʔ) or بُلُوّ (buluww))

1. to test, to try
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:7:

     إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

     ʔinnā jaʕalnā mā ʕalā l-ʔarḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ʔayyuhum ʔaḥsanu ʕamalan

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:35:

     وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً

     wanablūkum bi-š-šarri wal-ḵayri fitnatan

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

بِـ (bi-) + لَا (lā)

بِلَا • (bilā)

1. without

   Synonyms: دُونَ (dūna), بِدُونِ (bidūni), مِنْ دُونِ (min dūni), مِنْ غَيْرِ (min ḡayri), بِغَيْرِ (biḡayri)

• بِـ (bi-), مَعَ (maʕa)

• → Swahili: bila

بلا (form I)

1. بَلَّا (ballā) /bal.laː/: third-person masculine dual past active of بَلَّ (balla)
2. بُلَّا (bullā) /bul.laː/: inflection of بَلَّ (balla):
   1. third-person masculine dual past passive
   2. second-person dual imperative

بَلًّا • (ballan)

1. indefinite accusative of بَلّ (ball)

From Proto-Turkic *bāla.

بلا (bala)

1. child

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلا (balā), from Arabic بلاء (balāʔ).

بلا (bälā)

1. affliction

بَلا (bəlâ) (definite accusative بَلانؽ, plural بَلالار)

1. Arabic spelling of bəlâ (“affliction”)

From Persian بلا (balâ), ultimately from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).

بلا • (belâ)

1. problem, trouble, disaster

   Synonyms: الم (elem), زقوم (zıkkım), علت (ʼillet)

• Armenian: բալա (bala)
• Turkish: belâ
• → Albanian: belja
• → Bulgarian: беля (belja)
• → Crimean Tatar: belâ
• → Greek: μπελάς (belás)
• → Georgian: ბელა (bela)
• → Romanian: belea

From Arabic بِلَا (bilā).

بلا • (bila)

1. without

   Synonym: ـسز (-siz)

• Used with Arabic nouns or as part of Arabic set phrases, as in بلاقید و شرط (bilakayduşart).

From Persian بلا (balâ), ultimately from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɑ/

بلا • (bəlā́) f

1. monster

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).

• (dialectal, Mashhad) IPA^(key): /beˈlɒː/

بَلا • (balâ) (plural بلاها (balâ-hâ))

1. affliction

• بَلایِ عِشْق (balâ-ye 'ešq)

From Arabic بِلَا (bilā).

• IPA^(key): /ba.la/,

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بلا • (bala)

1. without

   Synonyms: بدون (bidūn), من دون (min dūn)

   Antonyms: (together with) مع (maʕ), (by means of) بـ (bi-), في (fi)

• بلاش (balāš, “nothing”)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلا (balā), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.lɑː/

بَلا • (balā) f (Hindi spelling बला)

1. affliction, scourge

   Synonym: غَضَب (ġazab)

2. great trouble, tribulation

   Synonym: مُصِیبَت (musībat)

3. misfortune, calamity, plague

   Synonyms: آفَت (āfat), قَیامَت (qayāmat)

4. monster, hag, curse (agent of affliction, trouble or misfortune)

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊl.lɑː/

بُلّا • (bullā) m (Hindi spelling बुल्ला)

1. bubble

   Synonym: بُلْبُلا (bulbulā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀟𑀸𑀮 (biḍāla), 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀮 (bilāla), from Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪl.lɑː/

بِلّا • (billā) m (Hindi spelling बिल्ला)

1. tomcat (male cat)

From Sanskrit वलक (valaka).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəl.lɑː/

بَلّا • (ballā) m (Hindi spelling बल्ला)

1. bat, club

• بلّہ باز / بلّے باز (balle-bāz)