# бол
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔɫ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *boľь (“pain”). Originally a feminine i-stem.

#### Noun

бол • (bol) m or f
* (archaic or poetic) pain, ache
* (dialectal) sick person
    Synonym: болник (bolnik)

##### Derived terms

* боля (bolja, “to ache”)
* болея (boleja, “to feel pain, to suffer”)
* болие (bolie, “chronic pain”)
* болка (bolka, “pain”)
* зъбобол (zǎbobol, “tooth-ache”)
* гърлобол (gǎrlobol, “throat-ache”)
* главобол (glavobol, “head-ache”)
* сърцебол (sǎrcebol), сърдебол (sǎrdebol, “heart-ache”)

#### References

* бол¹ and бол² in Речник на българския език
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوللق (bolluk, “abundance”), cognate with Turkish bolluk.

#### Adverb

бол • (bol) (comparative по́-бол, superlative на́й-бол)
* (dialectal) much

#### References

* бол⁴ in Речник на българския език
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Greek μπόλι (bóli).

#### Noun

бол • (bol) m
* (dialectal, obsolete) vaccine
    Synonym: ваксина (vaksina)

##### Derived terms

* болясвам (boljasvam, “to vaccinate”)

#### References

* бол³ in Речник на българския език
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64

### Etymology 4

From Bulgarian бода (boda).

#### Participle

бол • (bol)
* indefinite masculine singular past active aorist participle of бода́ (bodá)

### Anagrams

* лоб (lob)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔɫ]

### Noun

бол • (bol) m (plural болови)
* pain
    Synonym: болка (bolka)

## Mongolian
### Etymology 1

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠪᠣᠯ (bol) | бол (bol) |
From болбол (bolbol, “if it be”, conditional converb of болох (bolox)) by haplology.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɔ̙ɮ]
* Hyphenation: бол

#### Particle

бол • (bol)
* if
    Намайг явсан бол яах байсан бэ?Namajg javsan bol jaax bajsan be?What would have happened if I had gone?
* I wonder if (paired with уу)
    Тэр хотноос буцаж ирсэн бол уу?Ter xotnoos bucaž irsen bol uu?I wonder if he has returned from town.
* (topic marker) as for
    Бат бол монгол хүн.Bat bol mongol xün.[As for] Batu, he is Mongolian.

### Etymology 2

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠪᠣᠯ (bol) | бол (bol) |

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɔ̙ɮ]
* Hyphenation: бол

#### Verb

бол • (bol)
* second-person imperative of болох (bolox, “to become”)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [boɫ]

### Noun

бол • (bol) f inan pl
* genitive plural of бо́ла (bóla)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolěti and Proto-Slavic *bolь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bôːl/

### Noun

бо̑л f or m (Latin spelling bȏl)
* pain, aching
    задати бол ― to inflict pain

#### Related terms

* boleti

## Tajik
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بَال (bāl)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bol/, [bɔl]

### Noun

бол • (bol) (Persian spelling بال)
* wing