# beda
## Balinese
### Romanization

beda
* Romanization of ᬩᬾᬤ
* Romanization of ᬪᬾᬤ

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* beza (standard Malay)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”) via Malay beda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛ.da]
* Hyphenation: bè‧da
* Rhymes: -da, -a

### Adjective

beda (stative verb berbeda, comparative lebih beda, informal comparative bedaan, superlative terbeda, equative sebeda)
* different

### Noun

beda (plural beda-beda)
* difference
    Synonyms: pewat, selisih, pautan

#### Derived terms

* bedakan
* berbeda
* berbeda-beda
* berbedaan
* dibeda-bedakan
* dibedakan
* diperbedakan
* membeda-bedakan
* membedakan
* memperbedakan
* pembeda
* pembedaan
* perbedaan
* terbeda-bedakan
* terbedakan
* beda bersama
* beda himpunan
* beda mundur
* beda mutlak
* beda persekutuan
* beda potensial

### Further reading

* “beda” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

beda
* Romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda).

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”). Doublet of beza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be.da/
* Hyphenation: bè‧da
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

beda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda, informal 1st possessive bedaku, 2nd possessive bedamu, 3rd possessive bedanya)
* (Riau) dissimilarity
* (Riau) difference

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* berbeda [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* membedakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* pembedaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* pembeda [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pemerbeda [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
* memperbedakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
* diperbedakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

### References

* ↑ Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 25-6
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بيدا beda (ook bedza)”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 68
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيدا beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 139
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 97-8

### Further reading

* “beda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.da/
* Rhymes: -ɛda

### Verb

beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)
* to begin, to start
    "Ibda," qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed."Begin," said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.
** 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bedene n pl

### Noun

beda n pl
* definite plural of bed

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

beda n pl
* definite plural of bed

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse biðja.

#### Alternative forms

* be, bede
* bidja (pre-1901 (Landsmål))

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²beːɑ/

#### Verb

beda (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed)
* to ask; request
* to pray

### References

* “beda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bedu, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

### Noun

beda f
* prayer
* request

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: bēde
** Dutch: bede
*** Afrikaans: bede

#### References

* “beda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* bijéda (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

### Noun

béda m (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)
* misery

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bèːda/

### Noun

bẹ́da f
* misery

#### Derived terms

* béden

### Further reading

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