# bela
## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela, “calamity, misfortune, evil, trouble”). from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

### Noun

bela m (plural belatë)
* (colloquial) trouble
    Ç'na gjeti belaja!(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (colloquial) annoyance, nuisance

### References

* ↑ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bela”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 74

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* bel-la (with geminate /ll/)
* bel (masculine)

### Etymology

From Latin bella (“pretty”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbela/
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: be‧la

### Adjective

bela f
* strange (in certain expressions)

### Determiner

bela f
* any, anyone

### References

* Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.la]

### Verb

bela
* inflection of belar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Chibcha
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βela/

### Noun

bela
* candle, cylindrical piece made of wax with a wick in its center, which serves to light

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Italian bello, Latin bellus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈbela/
* Hyphenation: be‧la
* Rhymes: -ela

### Adjective

bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)
* beautiful, pretty
** 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2‎:Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.
    Kaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
    Antonym: malbela

#### Derived terms

* belega

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛlɐ, -ɛla
* Hyphenation: be‧la

### Adjective

bela
* feminine singular of belo

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bela, French beau, Italian bello, Spanish belo, from Latin bellus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.la/

### Adjective

bela
* beautiful

#### Antonyms

* leda

#### Derived terms

* beleskar (“to embellish”)
* beligar (“to beautify, embellish”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay بلا (bela, “advocate, defend, avenge”), from Old Javanese bela (“be prepared to die with another person, die for and with another person”), welā (“limit of time, period, hour, last hour, hour of death”), from Sanskrit वेला (velā, “point, time, end”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛ.la/
* Rhymes: -la, -a
* Hyphenation: bèla

#### Noun

béla
* sacrifice or live for someone else
* avenger

#### Verb

béla
* to look after (used in the form membela)

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

#### Derived terms

* dibela
* membela
* pembela
* pembelaan
* bela negara
* belarasa

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lamma [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Noun

béla (plural bela-bela)
* inter-tribal oath to resolve problems in the West Pantar region, Alor Regency

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ngadha [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Noun

béla (plural bela-bela)
* Ngada women's earrings

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Bobot [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Verb

béla
* to drive the animals out of the garden together

### Etymology 5

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /bəˈla/ [bəˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Verb

bêla
* to look after (used in the form membela)

##### Derived terms

* dibela
* membela
* pembela
* pembelaan

### Etymology 6

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦭ (bala, “supporter; army; strength”), from Old Javanese bala (“strength”), borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala, “power, strength”). Doublet of bala.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /bəˈla/ [bəˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Noun

bêla (plural bela-bela)
* (nautical) ship's crew
    Synonym: anak buah kapal

### Etymology 7

Borrowed from Bolongan [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /bəˈla/ [bəˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: be‧la

#### Noun

bêla (plural bela-bela)
* non-toxic chopsticks

### Further reading

* “bela” 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.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: bè‧la

### Verb

bela
* inflection of belare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Abèl, Elba, albe

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vela, from the plural of Latin velum.

### Noun

bela f (plural belas)
* (nautical) sail
* sail, blade of a windmill
* spark plug

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

### Noun

bela ?
* affliction

## Northern Sotho
### Verb

bela
* to boil

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

bela
* simple past of belegge

## Old Irish
### Noun

bela
* Alternative spelling of béla

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Occitan
### Adjective

bela
* feminine singular of bel

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Syllabification: be‧la

### Etymology 1

Back-formation of belka.

#### Noun

bela f
* Augmentative of belka; large beam, large plank
* spool, reel, bolt (of paper or fabric)
* bale (a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)
    Synonyms: bal, balot
* bale (ten reams of paper)

##### Related terms

* beleczkowy
* belkowy
* beleczka
* belkować impf, obelkować pf
* belować impf

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

bela m inan
* genitive/accusative singular of bel

### Further reading

* bela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
* Homophone: vela (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: be‧la

### Adjective

bela
* feminine singular of belo
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From bèlot, belȍt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bêla/
* Hyphenation: be‧la

### Noun

bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла)
* belote

### Adjective

bela
* inflection of beo:
** feminine nominative/vocative singular
** indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
** indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### References

* “bela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Sotho
### Verb

bela
* to boil (something)

## Swazi
### Etymology

From -ba +‎ -ela.

### Verb

-béla
* to steal from

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tswana
### Verb

bela
* to boil

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* belâ

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “affliction”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be.laː/

### Noun

bela (definite accusative belayı, plural belalar)
* affliction, trouble

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bela
belalar
definite accusative
belayı
belaları
dative
belaya
belalara
locative
belada
belalarda
ablative
beladan
belalardan
genitive
belanın
belaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
belam
belalarım
2nd singular
belan
belaların
3rd singular
belası
belaları
1st plural
belamız
belalarımız
2nd plural
belanız
belalarınız
3rd plural
belaları
belaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
belamı
belalarımı
2nd singular
belanı
belalarını
3rd singular
belasını
belalarını
1st plural
belamızı
belalarımızı
2nd plural
belanızı
belalarınızı
3rd plural
belalarını
belalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
belama
belalarıma
2nd singular
belana
belalarına
3rd singular
belasına
belalarına
1st plural
belamıza
belalarımıza
2nd plural
belanıza
belalarınıza
3rd plural
belalarına
belalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
belamda
belalarımda
2nd singular
belanda
belalarında
3rd singular
belasında
belalarında
1st plural
belamızda
belalarımızda
2nd plural
belanızda
belalarınızda
3rd plural
belalarında
belalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
belamdan
belalarımdan
2nd singular
belandan
belalarından
3rd singular
belasından
belalarından
1st plural
belamızdan
belalarımızdan
2nd plural
belanızdan
belalarınızdan
3rd plural
belalarından
belalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
belamın
belalarımın
2nd singular
belanın
belalarının
3rd singular
belasının
belalarının
1st plural
belamızın
belalarımızın
2nd plural
belanızın
belalarınızın
3rd plural
belalarının
belalarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
belayım
belalarım
2nd singular
belasın
belalarsın
3rd singular
bela beladır
belalar belalardır
1st plural
belayız
belalarız
2nd plural
belasınız
belalarsınız
3rd plural
belalar
belalardır :

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: be‧la

### Noun

bela (definite accusative belany, plural belalar)
* disaster, catastrophe

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bela” in Enedilim.com
* “bela” in Webonary.org

## Volapük
### Noun

bela
* genitive singular of bel