# beden
## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Derived from Arabic بَدَن (badan).

### Noun

beden
* body
    Synonyms: cısım, kevde, ceset, madde, ten
    beden azaları ― body parts

#### Derived terms

* beden piçimi
* beden terbiyesi
* bedence
* bedeniy

### References

* “beden”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛdɛn]

### Noun

beden f
* genitive plural of bedna

## Danish
### Noun

beden n
* definite singular of bede

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

beden
* plural of bede

## Low German
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bêden, from Old Saxon biodan. Compare Dutch bieden, German bieten, English bid, bede, Danish byde.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛɪ̯dⁿn̩]

#### Verb

beden (third-person singular simple present büddt, past tense bood, past participle baden, auxiliary verb hebben)
* to offer
* to provide

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* bäden
* biäden

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbeːdⁿn̩]
* IPA: [ˈbɛːdⁿn̩]
* IPA: [ˈbiɛ̯dⁿn̩] 'Westphalian; also ⟨biäden⟩'
* IPA: [ˈbɛɪ̯dⁿn̩] in accents that merged /ɛɪ̯ : eː/

#### Verb

beden
* to pray

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.
* weak verb

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English bēodan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwdʰeti.

#### Alternative forms

* beoden, boden, buden, bieden, beiden, beade, bedden

#### Verb

beden (third-person singular simple present bedeth, present participle bedende, bedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bede, past participle boden)
* To offer, present
* To proclaim
* To command (sense borrowed from bidden)

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) beden, bede | (to) beden, bede |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | bede | bed |
| 2nd-person singular | bedest | bude, bede, bode, bed |
| 3rd-person singular | bedeth | bed |
| subjunctive singular | bede | bude$^1$, bede$^1$, bode$^1$ |
| imperative singular | bede | — |
| plural$^2$ | beden, bede | buden, bude, beden, bede, boden |
| imperative plural | bedeth, bede | — |
| participles | bedynge, bedende | boden, bode, ybode |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: bid, bede
* Scots: bede

##### References

* “bẹ̄den, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From bede +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

beden
* (Early Middle English) plural of bede

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon biodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną.

### Pronunciation

* Stem vowel: ê⁴
** (originally) IPA: /beːðən/

### Verb

bêden
* to offer

#### Declension
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bedd

### Participle

beden (neuter bede, definite singular and plural bedne)
* past participle of be
* past participle of beda

### Anagrams

* bende, edb-en, EDB-en

## Old English
### Verb

beden
* past participle of biddan

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bědьnъ. Morphologically, from beda +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bèːdən/

### Adjective

bẹ́dən (comparative bẹ́dnejši, superlative nȁjbẹ́dnejši)
* miserable

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “beden”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بدن (beden), from Arabic بَدَن (badan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈdɛn/, [beˈdæn]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: be‧den

### Noun

beden (definite accusative bedeni, plural bedenler)
* body
    Synonym: vücut
* size (a specific set of dimensions for clothing)
* Ellipsis of beden eğitimi.
    Sizin bedene kim giriyor?Who's your PE teacher?Could be understood as "Who enters your body?"

#### Usage notes

* In the sense "size", beden isn't used for footwear. See numara.

#### Derived terms

* battal beden
* beden cezası
* beden dili
* beden eğitimi
* beden işçisi
* beden terbiyesi
* bedence
* bedenci
* bedenen
* bedenî
* bedenkâr
* bedennur
* bedensel
* dümen bedeni
* kale bedeni
* sıfır beden

### Further reading

* “beden”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beden”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “beden”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “beden”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 485