бал

From Proto-Turkic *bal (“honey”).

Cognate with Shor пал (“honey”), Turkish bal (“honey”), Chuvash пыл (pyl, “honey”).

• IPA^(key): [bɑɫ]

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• Hyphenation: бал (one syllable)

бал • (bal)

1. honey

   Сәскә балы.

   Säskä balı.

   Flower honey.

   Йүкә балы тәмле, хуш еҫле, ҙур дауалау көсөнә эйә.

   Yükä balı tämle, xuş yeθle, ður dawalaw kösönä eyä.

   Linden honey is palatable, has a pleasant smell (and) great medicinal properties.

   Башҡорт балына һорау йылдан-йыл арта бара.

   Başqort balına horaw yıldan-yıl arta bara.

   The demand for Bashkir honey has been growing year after year.

2. mead; alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water

• бал ҡорто (bal qorto, “bee”)

• IPA^(key): [baɫ]

Borrowed from French bal or German Ball; ultimately from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to dance”).

бал • (bal) m (related adjective ба́лен)

1. (dance) ball

   абсолве́нтски бал ― absolvéntski bal ― graduation ball

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

бал • (bal) m

1. (singularonly) score/mark(s)/grade(s) (on an exam)
2. (nautical, seismology) point (on an intensity scale, e.g. the Beaufort scale or Richter scale)

• IPA^(key): /bal/, /baˈlə/

бал • (bal) (Clear script spelling ᡋᠠᠯ (bal))

1. honey

From Proto-Turkic *bal (“honey”).

бал • (bal)

1. honey

   бал қайнату

   bal qainatu

   to boil honey

Borrowed from Persian فال‎ (fâl), from Arabic فَأْل‎ (faʔl, “omen”).

бал • (bal)

1. divination, fortune-telling

   бал ашу

   bal aşu

   fortune-telling

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

бал • (bal)

1. ball, dance

From Proto-Turkic *bạl. Cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Kazakh бал (bal), Tatar бал (bal), Turkish bal, Turkmen bal, Uzbek bol, etc.

• IPA^(key): /bal/
• Hyphenation: бал

бал • (bal)

1. honey

From Proto-Mongolic *bal, from Proto-Turkic *bal. Compare Dongxiang ban, Turkish bal.

бал • (bal) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠯ (bal))

1. honey

• бали (bali) – Digor

From Georgian ბალი (bali).

бал • (bal)

1. (Iron) cherry

• Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “бал”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
• Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995), “bal”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press

First attested in 1705. Borrowed from French bal.

• IPA^(key): [baɫ]

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• Rhymes: -al

бал • (bal) m inan (genitive ба́ла, nominative plural балы́, genitive plural бало́в, related adjective ба́льный)

1. ball, dance

• → Armenian: բալ (bal)
• → Azerbaijani: bal
• → Georgian: ბალი (bali)
• → Kazakh: бал (bal)
• → Yakut: баал (baal)

From Proto-Turkic *bal (“honey”). Cognate with Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Crimean Tatar bal, Kumyk бал (bal), Azerbaijani bal, Turkish bal, Shor пал, etc.

бал • (bal)

1. honey

   Synonym: мӧт (möt)

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бал”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

бал • (bal)

1. honey

From Aghwan 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal, “doer”).

бал • (bal)

1. doer, maker

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “бал”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy Press, page 69