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Translingual

Symbol

bel

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

bel

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛl
Homophones: bell, belle

Etymology 1

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel (plural bels)

A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Derived terms

Translations

measure of relative power

Belarusian: бел m (bjel)
Bulgarian: бел (bg) m (bel)
Czech: bel (cs) m
French: bel (fr) m
Hungarian: bel (hu)
Icelandic: bel (is) n
Macedonian: бел m (bel)
Polish: bel (pl) m
Russian: бе́л (ru) m (bél)
Tatar: бел m (bel)
Thai: เบล (bel)
Ukrainian: бел m (bel)

References

Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

bel (plural bels)

Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”)

Anagrams

BLE, EBL, LEB, Leb, Leb.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).

Noun

bel m

(anatomy) waist

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), from Persian (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel m

spade

Aragonese

Alternative forms

bela, bel-la (feminine)

Etymology

From Latin bellus (“pretty”). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbel/
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: bel

Adjective

bel m

strange (in certain expressions)

Determiner

bel m

any, anyone

References

Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bel/
Audio (Baku): (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

(anatomy) back of the body
Synonyms: dal, arxa

Belim ağrıyır. ― My back hurts.

uşaqlığı at belində keçən adam ― a person whose childhood has passed on the back of a horse.
(anatomy) small of the back
(anatomy) waist
Synonym: miyan
(geography) saddleback, saddle, col

Derived terms

bel bağlamaq (“to rely on”)

Etymology 2

From Persian (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

spade

Declension

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Declension of *bel*
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellr
definite accusative	beln	bellr
dative	bely	bellr
locative	beld	bellrd
ablative	beldn	bellrdn
definite genitive	belnn	bellrn

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Possessive forms of *bel*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	bels	bellr
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	bels or bellr	bellr

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsn	bellrn
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	belsn or bellrn	bellrn

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belm	bellrm
sənin (“your”)	beln	bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsn	bellrn
bizim (“our”)	belmz	bellrmz
sizin (“your”)	belnz	bellrnz
onların (“their”)	belsn or bellrn	bellrn

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmd	bellrmd
sənin (“your”)	belnd	bellrnd
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsnd	bellrnd
bizim (“our”)	belmzd	bellrmzd
sizin (“your”)	belnzd	bellrnzd
onların (“their”)	belsnd or bellrnd	bellrnd

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmdn	bellrmdn
sənin (“your”)	belndn	bellrndn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsndn	bellrndn
bizim (“our”)	belmzdn	bellrmzdn
sizin (“your”)	belnzdn	bellrnzdn
onların (“their”)	belsndn or bellrndn	bellrndn

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	belmn	bellrmn
sənin (“your”)	belnn	bellrnn
onun (“his/her/its”)	belsnn	bellrnn
bizim (“our”)	belmzn	bellrmzn
sizin (“your”)	belnzn	bellrnzn
onların (“their”)	belsnn or bellrnn	bellrnn

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Further reading

“bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English bell.

Noun

bel

bell

Etymology 2

From English belly.

Noun

bel

belly

Etymology 3

From English bale.

Noun

bel

bale

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛl]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belar (“to bleat”).

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

baa, bleat

Related terms

belar

Etymology 2

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

(physics, acoustics) bel

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

Derived terms

belhamel
belleman
beltrom
beltrommel
deurbel
draaibel
een belletje doen rinkelen
fietsbel
rinkelbel
rotorbel
toeters en bellen

Descendants

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèl
→ Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

bubble
Synonym: bubbel

Derived terms

luchtbel
zeepbel

Etymology 3

Compare the semantic development of slet, but it is not certain whether the sense rag here is related to the sense referring to vulgar women, which is barely attested as simplex. Alternatively, the compounds featuring this words have been explained as being formed by analogy with snottebel or perhaps lellebel; note lellebellen (“to chit-chat”), which is attested as early as 1599 and may be related to German bellen (“to bark”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel ? (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

(obsolete, literally) rag
(obsolete, figuratively) loose, vulgar woman

Derived terms

bellig
lellebel
morsebel
slettebel
teutebel
totebel
tuttebel

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bel

inflection of bellen:

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/
Audio: (file)
Homophones: bêle, belle

Etymology 1

see beau

Adjective

bel

form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound

Usage notes

used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ̃ bɛ.l‿ɔm/)

Related terms

Etymology 2

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

(sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity)

Derived terms

décibel

Further reading

“bel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

blé

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bél/, [bél̥]

Noun

bel

(of girls) bond friend (friend across ethnic boundaries)

References

Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bél/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bál]

Noun

bêl m

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl]
Hyphenation: bel
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From English bel.

Noun

bel

bel (a unit of measurement)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in *-e-*, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	belek
accusative	belt	beleket
dative	belnek	beleknek
instrumental	bellel	belekkel
causal-final	belért	belekért
translative	bellé	belekké
terminative	belig	belekig
essive-formal	belként	belekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	belben	belekben
superessive	belen	beleken
adessive	belnél	beleknél
illative	belbe	belekbe
sublative	belre	belekre
allative	belhez	belekhez
elative	belből	belekből
delative	belről	belekről
ablative	beltől	belektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	belé	beleké
non-attributive possessive – plural	beléi	belekéi

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Possessive forms of *bel*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	belem	beleim
2nd person sing.	beled	beleid
3rd person sing.	bele	belei
1st person plural	belünk	beleink
2nd person plural	beletek	beleitek
3rd person plural	belük	beleik

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Derived terms

(Compound words):

decibel

Etymology 2

From bél.

Noun

bel

(archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)

Related terms

-ban / -ben
-ba / -be
be → be-
bel-
bele (belé, beléje)
-beli (-béli)
beljebb (bellebb)
bellebbez (beljebbez)
belőle
belső (benső)
belül (belől, bévül)
benne
bennünket, -eteket
bent (benn)
bél (and archaic bel)
-ból / -ből

Further reading

bel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
bel and bel- in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːl/
Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

bel (measure of relative power)

Declension

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	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bel	belið	bel	belin
accusative	bel	belið	bel	belin
dative	beli	belinu	belum	belunum
genitive	bels	belsins	bela	belanna

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Declension of bel (neuter)

Related terms

desibel, desíbel

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bel

Etymology 1

From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/
Hyphenation: bèl

Noun

bèl (plural bel-bel)

bell
Synonym: lonceng

Verb

bèl

(colloquial) To make phone call.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bel (meng-, intransitive)
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
root	bel

active	mengebel	–	dibel	bel	bellah
locative
causative / applicative¹	mengebelkan	–	dibelkan	belkan	belkanlah
	causative
active
locative
causative / applicative¹

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¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

mengebel

Etymology 2

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəl/
Hyphenation: bêl

Noun

bêl (plural bel-bel)

(physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Further reading

“bel” 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.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Hyphenation: bel

Adjective

bel

preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k).

Noun

bel

thigh, waist

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bel”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist”).

Noun

bel m (Hebrew spelling ביל)^[1]

(anatomy) waist
Synonym: talia
- 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 229:
  I kuanto mas la karne era negra, tantos mas eran los pedasos del bel para abasho, ke eya le orava!
  And how the meat was so much blacker, especially the chunks from the waist down, that she prayed for it!
(clothing) waist
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 262:
  El bel era muy estrecho i las mangas eran estrechas kantidad ke non les vinia la mania al braso.
  The waist was very narrow and the sleeves were so tight that there was barely room for their bracelets.

References

[1]
“bel”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

Pronunciation

(Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /bəl/ [bʊɭ]
Rhymes: -əl
Syllabification: bel

Noun

bël

smoke

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.

Noun

bel

smoke

References

A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Alternative forms

bele, beele, beale, bealle

Etymology

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective

bel

Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms

beaute, bewte

References

“bē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

Derived terms

bel à balle (“ball court, ball park”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)

Derived terms

desibel

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

moment, instant
gap, space

References

“bel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

beal (uncommon)
beau
biau

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Adjective

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

graceful, elegant, courteous
noble
(as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
  Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
  Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land
handsome; beautiful

Declension

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	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	biax or biaus	bele	bel
singular	oblique	bel	bele		bele	bel
plural	subject	bel	beles		bel
plural	oblique	biax or biaus	beles		beles	bel

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Descendants

Angevin: biau
Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biau
Bourguignon: bea
Champenois: bé, biau
Franc-Comtois: bia
- Middle French: beau, bel
  - French: beau
    - → English: beau
Norman: bel, biau
Picard: biau, bieu (Amiens)
Poitevin-Saintongeais: bia
- Paydret: béou
Walloon: bea
→ Middle English: beau; bel

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

belh

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Adjective

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

beautiful

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bel

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛl
Syllabification: bel

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel m inan (abbreviation B)

bel

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	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bele
genitive	bela	beli
dative	belowi	belom
accusative	bel	bele
instrumental	belem	belami
locative	belu	belach
vocative	belu	bele

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Declension of bel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bel f

genitive plural of bela

Further reading

bel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

Alternative forms

behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun

bel

(San Pablo Güilá) fish

References

Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bêːl/

Adjective

bȇl (Cyrillic spelling бе̑л, definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī)

Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bèːʋ/

Adjective

bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)

white

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.

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Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bél	béla	bélo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bél ^ind béli ^def	béla	bélo
genitive	bélega	béle	bélega
dative	bélemu	béli	bélemu
accusative	nominative^inan or genitive^anim	bélo	bélo
locative	bélem	béli	bélem
instrumental	bélim	bélo	bélim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	béla	béli	béli
genitive	bélih	bélih	bélih
dative	bélima	bélima	bélima
accusative	béla	béli	béli
locative	bélih	bélih	bélih
instrumental	bélima	bélima	bélima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	béli	béle	béla
genitive	bélih	bélih	bélih
dative	bélim	bélim	bélim
accusative	béle	béle	béla
locative	bélih	bélih	bélih
instrumental	bélimi	bélimi	bélimi

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See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)
bela	siva	črna
rdeča; škrlatna	oranžna; rjava	rumena; krem
svetlozelena, limeta	zelena
sinja, cian; turkizna	azurna	modra
vijolična; indigo	magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila	roza, rožnata

Further reading

“bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“bel”, in Termania, Amebis
See also the general references

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English belly.

Noun

bel

Derived terms

bel i hevi/bel hevi
rausim bel

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bél⁠/, “waist”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

waist

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Declension of bel

	singular	plural
nominative	bel	beller
definite accusative	beli	belleri
dative	bele	bellere
locative	belde	bellerde
ablative	belden	bellerden
genitive	belin	bellerin

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	belim	bellerim
2nd singular	belin	bellerin
3rd singular	beli	belleri
1st plural	belimiz	bellerimiz
2nd plural	beliniz	belleriniz
3rd plural	belleri	belleri
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	belimi	bellerimi
2nd singular	belini	bellerini
3rd singular	belini	bellerini
1st plural	belimizi	bellerimizi
2nd plural	belinizi	bellerinizi
3rd plural	bellerini	bellerini
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	belime	bellerime
2nd singular	beline	bellerine
3rd singular	beline	bellerine
1st plural	belimize	bellerimize
2nd plural	belinize	bellerinize
3rd plural	bellerine	bellerine
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	belimde	bellerimde
2nd singular	belinde	bellerinde
3rd singular	belinde	bellerinde
1st plural	belimizde	bellerimizde
2nd plural	belinizde	bellerinizde
3rd plural	bellerinde	bellerinde
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	belimden	bellerimden
2nd singular	belinden	bellerinden
3rd singular	belinden	bellerinden
1st plural	belimizden	bellerimizden
2nd plural	belinizden	bellerinizden
3rd plural	bellerinden	bellerinden
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	belimin	bellerimin
2nd singular	belinin	bellerinin
3rd singular	belinin	bellerinin
1st plural	belimizin	bellerimizin
2nd plural	belinizin	bellerinizin
3rd plural	bellerinin	bellerinin

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Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), variant of بیل (bil), from Persian (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

(dated) spade

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bel2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *bel-.

Noun

bel

mark, sign

Derived terms

bel etmek

Turkmen

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	bel	beller
accusative	beli	belleri
genitive	beliň	belleriň
dative	bele	bellere
locative	belde	bellerde
ablative	belden	bellerden

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Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	бел‍
Latin	bel‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

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Bel (maʼnolari)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

waistline

Declension

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Declension of *bel*
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellar
genitive	belning	bellarning
dative	belga	bellarga
definite accusative	belni	bellarni
locative	belda	bellarda
ablative	beldan	bellardan
similative	beldek	bellardek

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Possessive forms of *bel*
1^st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	belim	bellarim
genitive	belimning	bellarimning
dative	belimga	bellarimga
definite accusative	belimni	bellarimni
locative	belimda	bellarimda
ablative	belimdan	bellarimdan
similative	belimdek	bellarimdek

2^nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	beling	bellaring
genitive	belingning	bellaringning
dative	belingga	bellaringga
definite accusative	belingni	bellaringni
locative	belingda	bellaringda
ablative	belingdan	bellaringdan
similative	belingdek	bellaringdek

3^rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek

1^st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	belimiz	bellarimiz
genitive	belimizning	bellarimizning
dative	belimizga	bellarimizga
definite accusative	belimizni	bellarimizni
locative	belimizda	bellarimizda
ablative	belimizdan	bellarimizdan
similative	belimizdek	bellarimizdek

2^nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	belingiz	bellaringiz
genitive	belingizning	bellaringizning
dative	belingizga	bellaringizga
definite accusative	belingizni	bellaringizni
locative	belingizda	bellaringizda
ablative	belingizdan	bellaringizdan
similative	belingizdek	bellaringizdek

3^rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian (bêl, “spade”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

shovel, spade

Declension

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Declension of *bel*
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bellar
genitive	belning	bellarning
dative	belga	bellarga
definite accusative	belni	bellarni
locative	belda	bellarda
ablative	beldan	bellardan
similative	beldek	bellardek

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Possessive forms of *bel*
1^st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	belim	bellarim
genitive	belimning	bellarimning
dative	belimga	bellarimga
definite accusative	belimni	bellarimni
locative	belimda	bellarimda
ablative	belimdan	bellarimdan
similative	belimdek	bellarimdek

2^nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	beling	bellaring
genitive	belingning	bellaringning
dative	belingga	bellaringga
definite accusative	belingni	bellaringni
locative	belingda	bellaringda
ablative	belingdan	bellaringdan
similative	belingdek	bellaringdek

3^rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek

1^st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	belimiz	bellarimiz
genitive	belimizning	bellarimizning
dative	belimizga	bellarimizga
definite accusative	belimizni	bellarimizni
locative	belimizda	bellarimizda
ablative	belimizdan	bellarimizdan
similative	belimizdek	bellarimizdek

2^nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	belingiz	bellaringiz
genitive	belingizning	bellaringizning
dative	belingizga	bellaringizga
definite accusative	belingizni	bellaringizni
locative	belingizda	bellaringizda
ablative	belingizdan	bellaringizdan
similative	belingizdek	bellaringizdek

3^rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	beli	bellari
genitive	belining	bellarining
dative	beliga	bellariga
definite accusative	belini	bellarini
locative	belida	bellarida
ablative	belidan	bellaridan
similative	belidek	bellaridek

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun

bel (nominative plural bels)

mountain
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:
  Ven Yesus älogom menamödotis, äbexänom beli.
  Seeing the crowds, Jesus went onto the mountain.

Declension

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Declension of *bel*
	singular	plural
nominative	bel	bels
genitive	bela	belas
dative	bele	beles
accusative	beli	belis
vocative ¹	o bel!	o bels!
predicative ²	belu	belus

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¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Noun

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

Derived terms

earbel

Further reading

“bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot

Adjective

bel

flat, wide

References

Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988

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