# بلا
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ب ل و (b l w)
* 10 terms

#### Verb

بَلَا • (balā) I (non-past يَبْلُو (yablū), verbal noun بَلَاء (balāʔ) or بُلُوّ (buluww))
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** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:7:إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًاʔinnā jaʕalnā mā ʕalā l-ʔarḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ʔayyuhum ʔaḥsanu ʕamalan(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:35:وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًwanablūkum bi-š-šarri wal-ḵayri fitnatan(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

بِـ (bi-) + لَا (lā)

#### Preposition

بِلَا • (bilā)
* without
    Synonyms: دُونَ (dūna), بِدُونِ (bidūni), مِنْ دُونِ (min dūni), مِنْ غَيْرِ (min ḡayri), بِغَيْرِ (biḡayri)

##### Antonyms

* بِـ (bi-), مَعَ (maʕa)

##### Descendants

* → Swahili: bila

### Etymology 3.1
#### Verb

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

### Etymology 3.2
#### Noun

بَلًّا • (ballan)
* indefinite accusative of بَلّ (ball)

## Chagatai
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bāla.

#### Noun

بلا (bala)
* child

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

بلا (bälā)
* affliction

## Khalaj
### Noun

بَلا (bəlâ) (definite accusative بَلانؽ, plural بَلالار)
* Arabic spelling of bəlâ (“affliction”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

بلا • (belâ)
* problem, trouble, disaster
    Synonyms: الم (elem), زقوم (zıkkım), علت (ʼillet)

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

From Arabic بِلَا (bilā).

#### Preposition

بلا • (bila)
* without
    Synonym: ـسز (-siz)

##### Usage notes

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

## Pahari-Potwari
### Etymology

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

### Noun

بِلّا (billā)
* tomcat (male cat)

## Pashto
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəˈlɑ/

### Noun

بلا • (bəlā́) f
* monster

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ba.lɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.lɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.lɑː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bä.lɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bä.lɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bæ.lɒː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bä.lɔ]
* (dialectal, Mashhad) IPA: /beˈlɒː/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* بَلایِ عِشْق (balâ-ye 'ešq)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بِلَا (bilā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.la/, [ˈba.la]
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### Preposition

بلا • (bala)
* without
    Synonyms: بدون (bidūn), من دون (min dūn)
    Antonyms: (together with) مع (maʕ), (by means of) بـ (bi-), في (fi)

#### Inflection

Inflected forms of بلا :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | بلا (bala) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | بلاي (balāy) | بلاي (balāy) | بلانا (balāna) | بلانا (balāna) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | بلاك (balāk) | بلاك (balāki) | بلاكم (balākom) | بلاكم (balākom) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | بلاه (balā) | بلاها (balāha) | بلاهم (balāhom) | بلاهم (balāhom) |

#### See also

* بلاش (balāš, “nothing”)

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bə.lɑː/

#### Noun

بَلا • (balā) f (Hindi spelling बला)
* affliction, scourge
    Synonym: غَضَب (ġazab)
* great trouble, tribulation
    Synonym: مُصِیبَت (musībat)
* misfortune, calamity, plague
    Synonyms: آفَت (āfat), قَیامَت (qayāmat)
* monster, hag, curse (agent of affliction, trouble or misfortune)

##### Declension

Declension of بلا :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بلا (balā) | بلائیں (balāẽ) |
| oblique | بلا (balā) | بلاؤں (balāõ) |
| vocative | بلا (balā) | بلاؤ (balāo) |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bʊl.lɑː/

#### Noun

بُلّا • (bullā) m (Hindi spelling बुल्ला)
* bubble
    Synonym: بُلْبُلا (bulbulā)

##### Declension

Declension of بلا :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بُلا (bullā) | بُلے (bulle) |
| oblique | بُلے (bulle) | بُلوں (bullõ) |
| vocative | بُلے (bulle) | بُلو (bullo) |

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɪl.lɑː/

#### Noun

بِلّا • (billā) m (Hindi spelling बिल्ला)
* tomcat (male cat)

##### Declension

Declension of بلا :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بِلا (billā) | بِلے (bille) |
| oblique | بِلے (bille) | بِلوں (billõ) |
| vocative | بِلے (bille) | بِلو (billo) |

### Etymology 4

From Sanskrit वलक (valaka).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bəl.lɑː/

#### Noun

بَلّا • (ballā) m (Hindi spelling बल्ला)
* bat, club

##### Declension

Declension of بلا :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بلّا (ballā) | بلّے (balle) |
| oblique | بلّے (balle) | بلّوں (ballõ) |
| vocative | بلّے (balle) | بلّو (ballo) |

##### Derived terms

* بلّہ باز / بلّے باز (balle-bāz)