# bal
## English
### Noun

bal (plural bals)
* (Cornwall) The surface of a mine.
** 1856, John Murray, A Hand-book for Travellers in Devon & Cornwall (page xxxvii)
    The surface of the mine is called the bal, and every level and shaft has a name.
** 2014, Bill Smith, Pendeen (page 44)
    Penny arrived dressed for the day as a bal-maiden and told us all about the delights of a surface worker's life at a mine in Pendeen days, which was, she told us, what a bal-maiden did.
** 2025, George Thomas Newton, The Long Winter Ends
    "Oo will do un, maister?" asked Jim. "The bal authorities," said Hunt.

## Translingual
### Symbol

bal
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Baluchi.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Baluchi terms

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bal/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

#### Noun

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)
* A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).

##### Derived terms

* basketbal
* handbal
* muurbal
* pluimbal
* sokkerbal
* tennisbal
* voetbal

### Etymology 2

From Dutch bal, from French bal.

#### Noun

bal (plural balle or bals)
* A ball (formal dance event).

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* balo

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

### Noun

bal m (plural bala, definite bali, definite plural balat)
* dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

#### Derived terms

* balosh

#### Related terms

* balë

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 15

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑɫ]
* Audio (Baku):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

#### Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
* honey

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball), from French balle (“voting ball”).

#### Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
* point
* mark, grade, score

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal), from French bal, from Late Latin ballō.

#### Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
* ball, dance

### Declension
## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

### Noun

bal (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
* honey, mead
* ball, dance party

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbal]

### Verb

bal
* second-person singular imperative of balit

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bal
* Rhymes: -ɑl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of baal.

#### Noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)
* a ball or any object with such a shape
    De kinderen speelden met een rode bal in het park.The children played with a red ball in the park.
    De hond rende achter de bal aan en bracht hem terug naar zijn baasje.The dog chased after the ball and brought it back to its owner.
    De chef-kok gebruikte een speciale bal om gehaktballetjes te maken.The chef used a special ball to make meatballs.
* (informal) testicle, nut
    Hij kreeg een flinke trap tegen zijn ballen.He got a hard kick to his testicles.
    De jongens lachten om de grap over ballen.The boys laughed at the joke about nuts.
    Bij het ongeluk kreeg hij een harde klap op zijn ballen.He got a hard hit on his groin at the accident.
* (sports) pass, shot
    De voetballer gaf een perfecte bal naar zijn teamgenoot.The soccer player made a perfect pass to his teammate.
    Ze gaf een hoge bal naar voren om de aanval te beginnen.She sent a high pass forward to start the attack.
* (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person

##### Derived terms

* balbezit
* ballen
* ballenbak
* ballenjongen
* ballenknijper
* ballentent
* balpen
* balspel
* balsport
* basketbal
* bikkelbal
* biljartbal
* corpsbal
* gehaktbal
* haarbal
* handbal
* honkbal
* kaatsbal
* kerstbal
* korfbal
* matzebal
* mottenbal
* opblaasbal
* softbal
* speelbal
* strandbal
* teelbal
* tennisbal
* voetbal
* volleybal
* wie de bal kaatst, moet hem terug verwachten
* zandbal

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: bal
* → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
* → Caribbean Javanese: bal
* → Indonesian: bal
* → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
* → Saramaccan: balí
* → Sranan Tongo: bal
* → Sundanese: bal

### Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

#### Noun

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)
* ball, dance party
    Er was een groot feest in de stad en iedereen was uitgenodigd voor het bal.There was a big party in the city, and everyone was invited to the ball.
    Het eindejaarsbal op school was een groot succes.The end-of-year dance party at school was a great success.
    Ze dansten de hele nacht door op het zomerse bal in het park.They danced all night at the summer ball in the park.

##### Derived terms

* balboekje
* baljurk
* balkostuum
* galabal

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: bal
* Negerhollands: bal
** → Virgin Islands Creole: bal
* →? Sranan Tongo: bal

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. akin to sense spheric ball

#### Verb

bal
* inflection of ballen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bal/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

bal m (plural bals)
* dance party, ball

#### Derived terms

* bal masqué
* bal musette
* ouvrir le bal
* salle de bal

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: bal
** Afrikaans: bal
** → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
** → Caribbean Javanese: bal
** → Indonesian: bal
** → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
** → Saramaccan: balí
** → Sranan Tongo: bal
** → Sundanese: bal
* → Hunsrik: Baal
* → Russian: бал (bal)
** → Armenian: բալ (bal)
** → Azerbaijani: bal
** → Eastern Mari: бал (bal)
** → Georgian: ბალი (bali)
** → Kazakh: бал (bal)
** → Yakut: баал (baal)

### Further reading

* “bal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

French bal (“dance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bal/

### Noun

bal
* dance party, ball

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ball.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâl/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bâl]

### Noun

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)
* ball

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *palɜ (“left”). Cognate with Udmurt паллян (palľan, “left”). First attested in 1086.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒl

### Adjective

bal (not generally comparable, comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)
* left
    Antonym: jobb
    bal kéz ― left hand
    a bal oldalon ― on the left side
* (figuratively) bad, unlucky
* (rare) left, left-wing (pertaining to the political left)
    Synonym: baloldali
    Antonym: jobb

#### Derived terms

* balog
* balra
* balcsillagzat
* balegyenes
* baleset
* balfasz
* balfácán
* balfelé
* balfelől
* balfenéken
* balfék
* balfogás
* balfóka
* balhátvéd
* balhiedelem
* balhit
* balítélet
* baljós
* balkezes → kétbalkezes
* balközép
* ballépés
* baloldal → baloldali → baloldaliság
* balösszekötő
* balsejtelem
* balsiker
* balsors
* balszárny
* balszerencse
* balszélső
* balvégzet
* kétballábas
* bal lábbal kel fel
* balul üt ki

### See also

* balek
* balga, balgatag

### References

* ↑ Entry #698 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ bal in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

### Further reading

* bal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: bal

#### Noun

bal (plural bal-bal)
* (colloquial) ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
    Synonym: bola

### Etymology 2

From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: bal

#### Noun

bal (plural bal-bal)
* bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
* A closed bag or package of wares.
    Synonyms: bandela, karung

### Further reading

* “bal” 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.

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl.

### Noun

bal
* honey.

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bal”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* bol, ból, baol (some dialects, mainly in West-Limburg, sense 1, 2, and 3)
* baal
* Ball (Eupen, Krefeld)
* Balle (Eupen)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑ(ː)l/, [bɑ(ː)˨l], [bɑ(ː)˦l]
    IPA: (Tungers) [bɑ̃l]
* Hyphenation: bal
* Rhymes: -ɑl, -ɑːl

### Noun

bal m (plural balle or bel, diminutive belke or belsje)
* (most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
* (most dialects, informal) testicle, nut
* (most dialects, anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot)
* (most dialects, chiefly in the negative) anything
    Heer snap dao geinen bal vaanaof. (Maastrichtian)He doesn't understand anything.

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːl/
** Rhymes: -aːl
** Homophone: Bal

### Adverb

bal
* nearly, almost
* soon

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

### Noun

bal m
* ball (round object), sphere
* something worthless

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: bal
** Afrikaans: bal
** → Caribbean Hindustani: bál
** → Caribbean Javanese: bal
** → Indonesian: bal
** → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
** → Saramaccan: balí
** → Sranan Tongo: bal
** → Sundanese: bal
* Limburgish: bal
* West Flemish: bol

### Further reading

* “bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* ball, balle

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bal/

### Noun

bal (plural balles)
* A ball (an object of spherical shape)
* A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
* A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
* The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
* A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
* One's head (top part of one's body)
* A projectile resembling a ball in form
* (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
* (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
* (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

#### Related terms

* ballok
* fotbal

#### Descendants

* English: ball
* Scots: baw, ba, baa, ball
* Yola: ball

#### References

* “bal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

## North Wahgi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ᵐbɑl/

### Noun

bal
* fish

### References

* Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the verb bala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːl/

### Noun

bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)
* bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)
    Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.

### Further reading

* “bal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German balle. First attested in 1481.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /baːlʲ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /bɒlʲ/

### Noun

bal m animacy unattested
* bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)
** 1890 [1481], Adam Chmiel, editor, Zbiór dokumentów znajdujących się w Bibliotece hr. Przezdzieckich w Warszawie‎, page 41:Telam aut his similia ulna extra cameras mercimoniorum vendere audeant, preter... barchanum..., et telam stamine al. palem dumtaxat quilibet extra cameras predictas vendat[Telam aut his similia ulna extra cameras mercimoniorum vendere audeant, preter... barchanum..., et telam stamine al. balem dumtaxat quilibet extra cameras predictas vendat]

#### Descendants

* Polish: bal
* Silesian: bal

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /bɒl/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈbal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bal

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bal. First attested in 1665–1683.

#### Noun

bal m inan (diminutive balik)
* ball (formal dance)
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

##### Derived terms

* balowy
* balowo
* baliczek
* balomania
* balowicz
* balowiczka
* balownica
* balownik
* balować
* przebalować
* rozbalować
* zabalować

##### Descendants

* → Silesian: bŏl

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Balken / Baal. First attested in 1594.

#### Noun

bal m inan
* log (large cut piece of wood)
    Synonyms: dyl, kloc

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Polish bal.

#### Noun

bal m inan
* bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)
    Synonyms: balot, bela

##### Declension
### References

* 1 2 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bal”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Paweł Kupiszewski (13.06.2024) “BAL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bal”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* bal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bal”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bal”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bal”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 86
* bal in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
* Jan Łoś (1886) “bal”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182

## Romagnol
### Etymology

From Late Latin ballāre (“dance”).

### Pronunciation

   * (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈbaɐ̯l]

### Noun

bal m (plural bël)
* dance

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).

### Noun

bal m (nominative plural bala)
* a single hair
* (in the plural) hair
** 2002 July, Milena Hübschmannová, “Origin of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎, archived from the original on 2014-10-27:mire bala kale hinMy hair is black

#### Derived terms

* balalo

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāˊla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 675
* Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bal”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 18
* Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
* Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o bal, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 71-72

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bal.

### Noun

bal n (plural baluri)
* ball (party)

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

### Noun

bal m (plural bals)
* ball (formal dance)

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Compare to Kazakh бал (bal), etc.

### Pronunciation

* (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: [pɑl], [pɑɫ]

### Noun

bal (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
* honey

#### Derived terms

* balçüyin

### References

* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “pal”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 435
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 7
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “bal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 17
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bal”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 32
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “bal”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 54

## San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
### Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).

### Noun

bal
* fire

### References

* López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)
* ball (dance)

## Silesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bal

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ball.

#### Noun

bal m inan (related adjective balowy)
* ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
* ball game (game with such an object)

##### Alternative forms

* bala

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Polish bal.

#### Noun

bal m inan
* bale (rounded bundled goods, especially straw etc.)

##### Alternative forms

* bala

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

bal m inan
* hortensia, hydrangea (any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea)
* viburnum, guelder rose, any shrub of genus Viburnum

##### Alternative forms

* bala

### Further reading

* bal in dykcjonorz.eu
* bal in silling.org
* Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “bal”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 62
* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “bal”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 38

## Slovincian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal/
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bal

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ball.

#### Noun

bal m inan (diminutive balëk, related adjective balôwy)
* ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ball.

#### Noun

bal m inan (diminutive balëk, related adjective balôwy)
* ball (formal dance)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãl”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 13

## Southern Kam
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa⁵⁵/

### Noun

bal
* fish

## Sumerian
### Romanization

bal
* Romanization of 𒁄 (bal)

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

### Noun

bal
* a ball or any object with such a shape
* football; the ball used in a "football" game
    Ujang nepi ka ayeuna kénéh teu tiasa maén bal.Ujang still can't play football to this day.

### See also

* maén bal
* méngbal

## Swedish
### Noun

bal c
* bale, bundle (big packet of things)
* Formal gathering for dance, ball

#### Related terms
##### bale

* bala
* balning
* balpress
* halmbal
* höbal
* pappersbal

##### ball

* baldrottning
* balett
* balklänning
* balsal
* maskeradbal
* operabal

### References

* bal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* bl a, bl.a.

## Tatar
### Noun

bal
* honey

## Tübatulabal
### Noun

bal
* Alternative spelling of pa·l

### References

* Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بال, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑɫ/ [ˈbɑɫ̟̊]
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### Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)
* honey

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bal
ballar
definite accusative
balı
balları
dative
bala
ballara
locative
balda
ballarda
ablative
baldan
ballardan
genitive
balın
balların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
balım
ballarım
2nd singular
balın
balların
3rd singular
balı
balları
1st plural
balımız
ballarımız
2nd plural
balınız
ballarınız
3rd plural
balları
balları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
balımı
ballarımı
2nd singular
balını
ballarını
3rd singular
balını
ballarını
1st plural
balımızı
ballarımızı
2nd plural
balınızı
ballarınızı
3rd plural
ballarını
ballarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
balıma
ballarıma
2nd singular
balına
ballarına
3rd singular
balına
ballarına
1st plural
balımıza
ballarımıza
2nd plural
balınıza
ballarınıza
3rd plural
ballarına
ballarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
balımda
ballarımda
2nd singular
balında
ballarında
3rd singular
balında
ballarında
1st plural
balımızda
ballarımızda
2nd plural
balınızda
ballarınızda
3rd plural
ballarında
ballarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
balımdan
ballarımdan
2nd singular
balından
ballarından
3rd singular
balından
ballarından
1st plural
balımızdan
ballarımızdan
2nd plural
balınızdan
ballarınızdan
3rd plural
ballarından
ballarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
balımın
ballarımın
2nd singular
balının
ballarının
3rd singular
balının
ballarının
1st plural
balımızın
ballarımızın
2nd plural
balınızın
ballarınızın
3rd plural
ballarının
ballarının :

#### Derived terms

* bal arısı
* balcı
* ballamak
* ballı
* ballı börek
* ballı pasta
* ballıbaba
* ballıdarı
* ballık

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

### Noun

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)
* honey

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Volapük
### Numeral

bal
* one

#### Derived terms

* balam, balamovik
* balan
* balat, balatam, balatik, balato
* baläd, balädön, balädam, balädü
** balädik, balädikön, balädikam
*** balädükön, balädükam
** baibalädik
* baläl, balälik
* balid, balido
* balik, baliko
* balil
* balion, balionan, balionat
* balna, balnaik
* balo
* balön
* balug, balugön
** balugäl, balugälik
** balugik, balugiko
*** balugükön
* balüd
* balüf
* balüm
* balyim

## Wolof
### Noun

bal (definite form bal bi)
* ball

### References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN

## Zaniza Zapotec
### Noun

bal
* fish