# бел
## Avar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

### Noun

бел • (bel)
* shovel, spade

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛɫ]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

бел • (bel)
* Alternative form of бял (bjal, “white”).

#### Usage notes

* This pronunciation is typical of the Southwestern dialects, such as shopski and Macedonian-influenced Bulgarian.

#### Declension
## Chamalal
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Andian [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːl/

### Noun

бе̄л • (beel) class 5
* mountain
    бе̄ллӏ гьава ― beelᵏll hava ― mountain air

#### Declension
### References

* Magomedova, Patimat T. (1999) Чамалинско-русский словарь [Chamali-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 74

## Chechen
### Etymology

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian بیل (bêl). Compare Azerbaijani bel.

### Noun

бел • (bel)
* shovel, spade

## Kazakh
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

#### Noun

бел • (bel)
* waist
* spine, backbone

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Persian بیل (bêl, “spade”).

#### Noun

бел • (bel)
* (Atyrau, Mangyshlak, Karakalpakstan, Turkmenistan) shovel, spade
    Synonym: күрек (kürek)

##### Derived terms

* белшік (belşık, “small shovel”)
* белсап (belsap, “handle of a shovel”)

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

### Noun

бел • (bel) (Arabic spelling بەل)
* waist

#### Derived terms

* белбоо (belboo)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛɫ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: бел
* Rhymes: -ɛɫ

### Adjective

бел • (bel) (comparative побел, superlative најбел, diminutive беличок, abstract noun белина)
* white
* noun intensifier, e.g. in бел (bel) свет, "this whole wide world", lit. "white world"

#### Derived terms

* бел ден m (bel den)
* бел дроб m (bel drob)
* бел свет m (bel svet)
* бела книга f (bela kniga)
* белач m (belač)
* белвица f (belvica)
* белее (belee)
* белец m (belec)
* бели (beli)
* бели алишта pl (beli ališta)
* беликав (belikav)
* белило n (belilo)
* белина f (belina)
* белица f (belica)
* белич m (belič)
* беличок (beličok)
* белка f (belka)
* белкаст (belkast)
* белкинка f (belkinka)
* белковина f (belkovina)
* бело вино n (belo vino)
* бело знаме n (belo zname)
* Бело Море n (Belo More)
* бело робје n (belo robje)
* белоборка f (beloborka)
* белобоска f (beloboska)
* белобрад (belobrad)
* белобрадест (belobradest)
* белобрадец m (belobradec)
* беловина f (belovina)
* беловица f (belovica)
* белогазец m (belogazec)
* белогардеец m (belogardeec)
* белоглав (beloglav)
* белоглавец m (beloglavec)
* белогрив (belogriv)
* белогривест (belogrivest)
* белогрлест (belogrlest)
* белоденски (belodenski)
* белодробен (belodroben)
* белокож (belokož)
* белокор (belokor)
* белокорест (belokorest)
* белокос (belokos)
* белокрил (belokril)
* белокрилест (belokrilest)
* белокрилка f (belokrilka)
* белолик (belolik)
* беломешест (belomešest)
* белоног (belonog)
* белоперка f (beloperka)
* белорунест (belorunest)
* белоса (belosa)
* белосветски (belosvetski)
* белоушка f (belouška)
* белоцветен (belocveten)
* белузлав (beluzlav)
* белузлавост f (beluzlavost)
* белузнав (beluznav)
* белутрак m (belutrak)
* белушина f (belušina)
* белчо m (belčo)
* избели (izbeli)
* набели (nabeli)
* обели (obeli)
* обелодени (obelodeni)
* побели (pobeli)
* пребел (prebel)

#### See also

Colors in Macedonian · бои (boi) (layout · text) :
| бел (bel) | сив (siv) | црн (crn) |
| црвен (crven), румен (rumen) | портокалов (portokalov); кафеав (kafeav), лисест (lisest) | жолт (žolt) |
| маслинест (maslinest) | зелен (zelen) | |
| тиркизен (tirkizen) | | син (sin), плав (plav); модар (modar) |
| виолетов (violetov) | лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren) | розов (rozov) |

## Ossetian
### Etymology

Akin to Persian بیل.

### Noun

бел • (bel)
* shovel

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bel.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛɫ] (phonetic respelling: бэл)
* IPA: [bʲeɫ]

#### Noun

бел • (bɛl, bel) m inan (genitive бе́ла, nominative plural бе́лы, genitive plural бе́лов)
* bel (unit of sound intensity)

##### Related terms

* децибе́л (dɛcibɛ́l, dɛcibél)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲeɫ]

#### Adjective

бел • (bel)
* short masculine singular of бе́лый (bélyj)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bêːl/

### Adjective

бе̑л (Latin spelling bȇl, definite бе̑лӣ, comparative бѐљӣ)
* Alternative form of бе̏о

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il², “waist”); Kazakh бел (bel), Kyrgyz бел (bel), Crimean Tatar bel, Kumyk бел (bel), Bashkir бил (bil), Tatar бил (bil), Turkish bel (“waist”), Uzbek bel, Uyghur بەل (bel, “waist”), etc.

### Noun

бел • (bel)
* waist

#### Derived terms

* бел-буу (bel-buu, “rope”)

### References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бел”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бел”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

## Tajik
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بیل (bēl)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bel/, [bel]

### Noun

бел • (bel) (Persian spelling بیل)
* shovel, spade