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بَلْ • (bal)

(after a negative) but; rather
لَا يَكْرَهُهَا، بَل يُحِبُّهَا
lā yakrahuhā, bal yuḥibbuhā
He doesn’t hate her, but rather loves her.
(after an affirmative) used to cancel what precedes it and confirm what follows it
جَاءَتْ سُعَادُ، بَلْ سَلْمَى
jāʔat suʕādu, bal salmā
It wasn't Su'ad that came, but rather Salma.

(but, rather): لٰكِنْ (lākin)

بَلْ وَ (bal wa)

→ Classical Persian: بَلْکِه (balki)
- → Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)
  - Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)
  - Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)
  - Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)
    - Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
    - → Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
    - → Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)
    - → South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)
    - → Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)
    - → Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)
    - → Laz: ბექითა (bekita), ბეჩი (beçi) — Atina, ბექი (beki) — Arkabi, ბელქი (belki) — Batumi
    - → Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)
    - → Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: बल्कि (balki)
  Urdu: بلکہ (balki, “but”)
  - → Phalura: bálki (“but”)
- → Chagatai:
  - Uyghur: بەلكى (belki, “maybe, perhaps”)
  - Uzbek: balki (“maybe, perhaps”)
- → Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kazakh: бәлки (bälki), бәлкім (bälkım, “maybe, perhaps”)
- → Kyrgyz: балки (balki), балким (balkim, “maybe, perhaps”)

بَلَّ • (balla) I (non-past يَبُلُّ (yabullu), verbal noun بَلّ (ball) or بِلَّة (billa))

to moisten, to wet, to sprinkle

Conjugation of بَلَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns بَلّ, بِلَّة)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر	بَلّ, بِلَّة ball, billa
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل	بَالّ bāll
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول	مَبْلُول mablūl
	singular الْمُفْرَد		dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بَلَلْتُ balaltu	بَلَلْتَ balalta	بَلَّ balla	بَلَلْتُمَا balaltumā	بَلَّا ballā	بَلَلْنَا balalnā	بَلَلْتُمْ balaltum	بَلُّوا ballū
f	بَلَلْتِ balalti	بَلَّتْ ballat	بَلَّتَا ballatā	بَلَلْتُنَّ balaltunna	بَلَلْنَ balalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَبُلُّ ʔabullu	تَبُلُّ tabullu	يَبُلُّ yabullu	تَبُلَّانِ tabullāni	يَبُلَّانِ yabullāni	نَبُلُّ nabullu	تَبُلُّونَ tabullūna	يَبُلُّونَ yabullūna
f	تَبُلِّينَ tabullīna	تَبُلُّ tabullu	تَبُلَّانِ tabullāni	تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna	يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَبُلَّ ʔabulla	تَبُلَّ tabulla	يَبُلَّ yabulla	تَبُلَّا tabullā	يَبُلَّا yabullā	نَبُلَّ nabulla	تَبُلُّوا tabullū	يَبُلُّوا yabullū
f	تَبُلِّي tabullī	تَبُلَّ tabulla	تَبُلَّا tabullā	تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna	يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَبُلَّ, أَبُلِّ, أَبْلُلْ ʔabulla, ʔabulli, ʔablul	تَبُلَّ, تَبُلِّ, تَبْلُلْ tabulla, tabulli, tablul	يَبُلَّ, يَبُلِّ, يَبْلُلْ yabulla, yabulli, yablul	تَبُلَّا tabullā	يَبُلَّا yabullā	نَبُلَّ, نَبُلِّ, نَبْلُلْ nabulla, nabulli, nablul	تَبُلُّوا tabullū	يَبُلُّوا yabullū
f	تَبُلِّي tabullī	تَبُلَّ, تَبُلِّ, تَبْلُلْ tabulla, tabulli, tablul	تَبُلَّا tabullā	تَبْلُلْنَ tablulna	يَبْلُلْنَ yablulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بُلَّ, بُلِّ, اُبْلُلْ bulla, bulli, ublul		بُلَّا bullā			بُلُّوا bullū
f	بُلِّي bullī	اُبْلُلْنَ ublulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
	singular الْمُفْرَد		dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بُلِلْتُ buliltu	بُلِلْتَ bulilta	بُلَّ bulla	بُلِلْتُمَا buliltumā	بُلَّا bullā	بُلِلْنَا bulilnā	بُلِلْتُمْ buliltum	بُلُّوا bullū
f	بُلِلْتِ bulilti	بُلَّتْ bullat	بُلَّتَا bullatā	بُلِلْتُنَّ buliltunna	بُلِلْنَ bulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَلُّ ʔuballu	تُبَلُّ tuballu	يُبَلُّ yuballu	تُبَلَّانِ tuballāni	يُبَلَّانِ yuballāni	نُبَلُّ nuballu	تُبَلُّونَ tuballūna	يُبَلُّونَ yuballūna
f	تُبَلِّينَ tuballīna	تُبَلُّ tuballu	تُبَلَّانِ tuballāni	تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna	يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَلَّ ʔuballa	تُبَلَّ tuballa	يُبَلَّ yuballa	تُبَلَّا tuballā	يُبَلَّا yuballā	نُبَلَّ nuballa	تُبَلُّوا tuballū	يُبَلُّوا yuballū
f	تُبَلِّي tuballī	تُبَلَّ tuballa	تُبَلَّا tuballā	تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna	يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَلَّ, أُبَلِّ, أُبْلَلْ ʔuballa, ʔuballi, ʔublal	تُبَلَّ, تُبَلِّ, تُبْلَلْ tuballa, tuballi, tublal	يُبَلَّ, يُبَلِّ, يُبْلَلْ yuballa, yuballi, yublal	تُبَلَّا tuballā	يُبَلَّا yuballā	نُبَلَّ, نُبَلِّ, نُبْلَلْ nuballa, nuballi, nublal	تُبَلُّوا tuballū	يُبَلُّوا yuballū
f	تُبَلِّي tuballī	تُبَلَّ, تُبَلِّ, تُبْلَلْ tuballa, tuballi, tublal	تُبَلَّا tuballā	تُبْلَلْنَ tublalna	يُبْلَلْنَ yublalna

Lane, Edward William (1863) “بل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

بَلّ • (ball) m

verbal noun of بَلَّ (balla) (form I)

Declension of noun بَلّ (ball)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلّ ball	الْبَلّ al-ball	بَلّ ball
Nominative	بَلٌّ ballun	الْبَلُّ al-ballu	بَلُّ ballu
Accusative	بَلًّا ballan	الْبَلَّ al-balla	بَلَّ balla
Genitive	بَلٍّ ballin	الْبَلِّ al-balli	بَلِّ balli

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wil. Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಲ್ಲು (billu), Tamil வில் (vil), Telugu విల్లు (villu) and Malayalam വില്ല് (villŭ).

IPA^(key): /bil/

بِل (bil)

بِلْسُم (bilsum, “bow and arrows; rainbow”), بِلَسُم (bilasum)
بِلِیف (bilīf, “pregnant”)
بِل جَابَہ (bil jāba, “bow and quiver”)
بِلُم (bilum, “neck-rope, halter”)

Bray, Denys (1934) “bil”, in The Brahui Language‎^[4], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 73
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5422”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.

بَلْ (bal)

(Volga Bulgar) to become
وَفَاتِ بَلطُوي تَارِيحَ جيَاتِ جُور جيَارمِنشِ جَال مُحَرَم اَيخِ بَلنجِ كُوَان اَتِ ― Wafâti baltuwi târîxa çyêti çü:r çyêrmişi çâl Muharem ayxi belinçi küwên eti. ― The day he has died was in fifth day of Muharrem month of seven hundred twentieth year.

تارِ[يج] جياتِ جور الُو وَجم جال شول [اَيخ] ون بيَالم كوان وفاتِ بلت ― Târi[yxa] çyeti çü:r el(l)üw weçim çâl Şawal [ayxi] wan byêlim küwên wafâti balti. ― He has died in the date of fifteenth day of the Şawal month of the seven hundred fifty thirth year.

خير كون ارلا سعة وفات بالج ― Xayr küwen erle sa'at wafâti bâlçi. ― He has died at early time on the charity day.

رحمه الله رحمه واسعه بلطر ― Rahmatullâhi rahmat wâsiatan baltur. ― God mercy on him. Amen.

بلطر (balt'ur, “amen”)

Chuvash: пул (pul)

İbrahim ARIKAN, İdil Bulgar Kitâbelerinde Geçen “BALTUR” Sözcüğü Üzerine, Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Türkoloji Dergisi 21, 1 (2014) 15-24
Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[5] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 74-75, 92-93, 104
Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 36, 42, 163
İbragimova, G. (2021) татарская эпиграфическая традиция [Tatar Epigraphic Tradition] (in Russian), Kazan: Академия Наук Республики Татарстан Институт Языка, Литературы и Искусства, →ISBN, pages 46-47

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bél⁠/), Azerbaijani bel, Bashkir бил (bil), Kazakh бел (bel), Kyrgyz бел (bel), Turkmen bil, Uyghur بەل (bel), Uzbek bel and Yakut биил (biil).

بل • (bel) (definite accusative بلی (beli), plural بللر (beller))

waist, the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach
Synonyms: خصر (hasr), میان (meyan)
loin, lumbus, the part of the body at each side of the backbone
Synonym: میان (meyan)
small of the back, the relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back

بل آغریسی (bel ağrısı, “pain in the back”)
بل باغلامق (bel bağlamak, “to prepare for an undertaking”)
بل بوكلمك (bel bükilmek, “to be conquered in a contest”)
بل صوغوقلغی (bel soğukluğu, “gonorrohea”)
بل كمیكی (bel kemiği, “backbone, spine”)
بل ویرمك (bel virmek, “to sag, to bulge”)
بللو (belli, “possessed of a waist”)

Turkish: bel

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bel3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 532
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[6], Vienna: F. Beck, page 123b
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[7], Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lumbus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[8], Vienna, column 980
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[9], Vienna, column 867
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 378

بل • (bel)

Alternative spelling of بیل (bil, “spade”)

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bel7”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 534
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[11], Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[12], Vienna, column 867
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[13], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 378

From Proto-Pathan *bəδ, *bəδá, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *bidá,^[1] from Proto-Iranian *dwitáh.

IPA^(key): /bəl/

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بل • (bəl)

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declension of بل

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	بل (bəl)	بل (bəl)	بله (bəla)	بلې (bəle)
oblique	بل (bəl)	بلو (bəlo)	بلې (bəle)	بلو (bəlo)
vocative	بله (bəla)	بلو (bəlo)	بلې (bəle)	بلو (bəlo)

^ Julian Kreidl (2021) “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus

بل • (bol)

(Sistani) bubble

South Levantine Arabic

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From Arabic بَلَّ (balla).

IPA^(key): /bal/, [bal]

بلّ • (ball) I (present ببلّ (bibill))

to make wet, to moisten
Antonyms: نشّف (naššaf), جفّف (jaffaf)

بل (bāl, ba:l)

(Kuzarg) snow

From Sanskrit बल (bala), from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“power, strength”).

بل • (bal) m (Hindi spelling बल)