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бәлә

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, misfortune, calamity).

Cognate with Tatar бәла (bäla), Kazakh бәле (bäle), Kumyk балагь (balah), Uzbek balo, Azerbaijani bəla (misfortune, calamity).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bæˈlæ]
  • Hyphenation: бә‧лә

Noun

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бәлә (bələ)

  1. misfortune, calamity, disaster
    Дуҫ бәләлә һынала.
    Duś bələlə hınala.
    A friend is tested in a misfortune (=A friend in need is a friend indeed).

Declension

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