بل

See also: تل and پل

Arabic

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
    jāʾat suʿādu, bal salmā
    It wasn't Su'ad that came, but rather Salma.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • بَلْ وَ (bal wa)

Etymology 2

From the root ب ل ل (b-l-l).

Verb

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

  1. to moisten, to wet, to sprinkle
Conjugation
References

Noun

بَلّ (ball) m

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

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ(k).

Numeral

بل (bẹl)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) five
    Synonym: بيال

Descendants

  • Chuvash: пиллӗк (pillĕk)

References

  • Закиев М. З. Лингвоэтнические особенности волжских булгар — главного этнического корня татар
  • Róna-Tas, András (1976), “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 30, issue 2, page 172

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *bəδ, *bəδá, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *bidá[1], from Proto-Iranian *dwitáh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • (file)

Adjective

بل (bël)

  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

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّ (balla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/, [bal]
  • (file)

Verb

بلّ (ball) (form 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 (bal) m (Hindi spelling बल)

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