different between bal vs bali

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)

1. 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 [please provide])

1. 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.) ????? ?????? (falós lefkós).

Noun

bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)

1. dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

Derived terms

• balosh

Related terms

• balë

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??]

Noun

bal (definite accusative bal?, plural ballar)

1. honey

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Noun

bal

1. honey, mead
2. ball, dance party

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bal
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

1. a ball or any object with such a shape
2. (informal) testicle, nut
3. (sports) pass, shot

4. (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bal
• ? Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

1. ball, dance party

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bal

1. first-person singular present indicative of ballen
2. imperative of ballen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. dance party, ball

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: bal
  • Afrikaans: bal
  • ? Indonesian: bal
• ? Russian: ??? (bal)
  • ? Kazakh: ??? (bal)
  • ? Yakut: ???? (baal)

Further reading

• “bal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French bal (“dance”).

Noun

bal

1. dance party, ball

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English ball.

Noun

bâl f (plural bàl??bàlai)

1. ball

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Adjective

bal (comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

1. left

Declension

Antonyms

• jobb

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• bal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• bal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bal]
• Hyphenation: bal

Noun

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

1. (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^(key): [?bal]
• Hyphenation: bal

Noun

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

1. bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

   Synonyms: bandela, karung

Further reading

• “bal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/
  • Rhymes: -a?l
  • Homophone: Bal

Adverb

bal

1. nearly, almost
2. soon

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

bal m

1. ball (round object), sphere
2. something worthless

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bal
  • Afrikaans: bal
  • ? Indonesian: 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

• balle, ball

Etymology

From Old English *beall, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

bal (plural balles)

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

Related terms

• ballok
• foteball

Descendants

• English: ball
• Scots: ball, baw, baa, ba

References

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

North Wahgi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Noun

bal

1. 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^(key): /b??l/

Noun

bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)

1. 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.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Etymology 1

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

Noun

bal m inan

1. ball (formal dance)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Low German balk.

Noun

bal m inan

1. log (large cut piece of wood)

Declension

Further reading

• bal in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi ??? (b?l), Punjabi ??? (v?l, “hair”).

Noun

bal m (plural bal)

1. a single hair
2. (in the plural) hair

Romanian

Etymology

From French bal

Noun

bal n (plural baluri)

1. ball (party)

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. ball (formal dance)

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).

Noun

bal

1. fire

References

• López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía?^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. ball (dance)

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa??/

Noun

bal

1. fish

Swedish

Noun

bal c

1. bale, bundle (big packet of things)
2. Formal gathering for dance, ball

Declension

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

1. honey

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??/

Noun

bal (definite accusative bal?, plural ballar)

1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

• bal ar?s?

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Noun

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

1. honey

Tübatulabal

Noun

bal

1. Alternative spelling of pa·l

References

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

Volapük

Numeral

bal

1. 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

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

bal

1. fish

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?bal?i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba?li

Noun

bali

1. A cash advance.

Pronunciation 2

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ba?l?i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba?li

Noun

bali

1. The opposite, the reverse.

Verb

bali

1. To invert, to reverse.

Adjective

bali

1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary.

Pronunciation 3

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?bal?i?/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba?li

Verb

bali

1. To break off, to remove.
2. To fracture.

Pronunciation 4

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /bal?i?/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba?li

Noun

bali

1. A break, a breakage, a fracture.

Adjective

bali

1. broken, fractured

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?li/, [?b?li]
• Rhymes: -?li
• Syllabification: ba?li

Noun

bali

1. The Balinese language.

Declension

Synonyms

• balin kieli

Related terms

• Bali
• balilainen

Hiligaynon

Adjective

balî

1. broken

Verb

bálì

1. break

Hungarian

Etymology

Bali +? -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?li]
• Hyphenation: ba?li
• Rhymes: -li

Adjective

bali (not comparable)

1. Balinese (of or relating to Bali, its inhabitants, or their language or culture)

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?l?/

  Rhymes: -a?l?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bali (“grassy bank”), which, according to Pokorny, is from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow up, swell”); see also Proto-Germanic *balluz, Albanian bole.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

1. a grassy bank

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish balje, balle, from Middle Low German ballie, balge, from French baille.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

1. a (small) tub

Declension

References

Kavalan

Noun

bali

1. wind

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bali

1. typhoon

Maranao

Noun

bali

1. price
2. worth

Derived terms

• balibali

Masbatenyo

Adjective

balì

1. broken; fractured

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beali

Etymology

Possibly from bale.

Noun

bali (plural balis)

1. (rare, Early Middle English) The evil one.

Descendants

• >? Yola: baalee

References

• “?b?l?, adj. as n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

bali m

1. religious offering
2. revenue
3. tax

Declension

Adjective

bali

1. inflection of balin (“strong”):
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. vocative singular masculine/neuter

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.l?i/

Verb

bali

1. third-person plural virile past of ba?

Sakizaya

Noun

bali

1. air
2. wind

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ???? (bal).

Pronunciation

Adverb

bali

1. however, on the contrary

Conjunction

bali

1. but instead

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.li?/

Noun

bali

1. fracture

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.?li?/

Adjective

bali

1. fractured
2. broken (pencil, stick)

Derived terms