bela

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (bela, “calamity, misfortune, evil, trouble”).^[1] from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

bela m (plural belatë)

1. (colloquial) trouble

   Ç'na gjeti belaja!

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2. (colloquial) annoyance, nuisance

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

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

From Latin bella (“pretty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Syllabification: be‧la
• Rhymes: -ela

bela f

1. strange (in certain expressions)

bela f

1. any, anyone

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.la]

bela

1. inflection of belar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Spanish vela.

• IPA^(key): /βela/

bela

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

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

From Italian bello, Latin bellus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: be‧la

bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Antonym: malbela

   • 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2‎^[2]:

     Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!

     How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!

   • 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.

• belega

• “bela”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “bela”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ, -ɛla
• Hyphenation: be‧la

bela

1. feminine singular of belo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.la/

bela

1. beautiful

• leda

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

Inherited from Malay bela (“to advocate, to defend, to 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”).

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

béla (plural bela-bela)

1. sacrifice
2. living for someone else
3. avenger

béla (active membela, passive dibela)

1. to look after
2. to defend
3. to avenge

Borrowed from Lamma [Term?].

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

béla (plural bela-bela)

1. intertribal oath to resolve problems in the West Pantar region, Alor Regency

Borrowed from Ngadha [Term?].

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

béla (plural bela-bela)

1. earring worn by Ngada women

Borrowed from Bobot [Term?].

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

béla

1. (dialectal) to drive animals out of a garden together

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

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

bêla (plural bela-bela)

1. (nautical) ship's crew

   Synonym: anak buah kapal

Borrowed from Bulungan [Term?].

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

bêla (plural bela-bela)

1. (dialectal) nontoxic chopsticks

• “bela”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: bè‧la

bela

1. inflection of belare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Abèl, Elba, albe

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

bela f (plural belas)

1. (nautical) sail
2. sail, blade of a windmill
3. spark plug

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

bela ?

1. affliction

bela

1. to boil

bela

1. simple past of belegge

bela

1. alternative spelling of béla

bela

1. feminine singular of bel

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: be‧la

Back-formation from belka.

bela f

1. augmentative of belka; large beam, large plank
2. spool, reel, bolt (of paper or fabric)
3. bale (a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation)

   Synonyms: bal, balot

4. bale (ten reams of paper)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bela m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of bel

• “bela”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bela”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

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• Homophone: vela (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: be‧la

bela

1. 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.

From bèlot, belȍt.

• IPA^(key): /bêla/
• Hyphenation: be‧la

bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла, genitive plural bȇlā)

1. belote

bela (Cyrillic spelling бела)

1. inflection of beo:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• “bela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

bela

1. to boil (something)

From -ba +‎ -ela.

-béla

1. to steal from

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbela/ [ˈbɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: be‧la

Borrowed from Spanish vela, deverbal from velar, from Old Spanish velar, from Latin vigilō, from vigil (“awake, alert”) + -ō.

bela (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ)

1. candle

   Synonym: kandila

2. sleeplessness

   Synonym: puyat

3. vigil

   Synonyms: lamay, pulaw

Borrowed from Spanish vela, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weg- or *weǵʰ-. Doublet of belo.

bela (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ) (nautical)

1. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

   Synonym: layag

• “bela”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 583

bela

1. to boil

• belâ

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

• IPA^(key): /be.laː/

bela (definite accusative belayı, plural belalar)

1. affliction, trouble

Other scripts
Latin	bela‍
Cyrillic	бела‍
Arabic	بلا

From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

• Hyphenation: be‧la

bela (definite accusative belany, plural belalar)

1. disaster, catastrophe

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

bela

1. genitive singular of bel