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.

   Səskə balı.

   Flower honey.

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

   Yükə balı təmle, xuş yeśle, źur dawalaw kösönə eyə.

   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]

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• Rhymes: -aɫ

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

бал • (bal) m (relational 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. (singular only) score/mark(s)/grade(s) (on an exam)
2. (nautical, seismology) point (on an intensity scale, e.g. the Beaufort scale or Richter scale)

• “бал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 28
• “бал”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 41

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal).

• IPA^(key): /bɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Hyphenation: бал

бал • (bal)

1. ball (dancing)

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “бал”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

• IPA^(key): /bal/, /baˈlə/

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

1. honey

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bal.

бал • (bal)

1. honey.

• балкъурт (“bee”)

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “бал”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

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 *bal. 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) (Arabic spelling بال)

1. honey

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠠᠯ (bal)	бал (bal)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɮ/
• Syllabification: бал (1 syllable)

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

бал • (bal)

1. honey

• зөгийн бал (zögiin bal, “honey”)
• бал сар (bal sar, “honeymoon”)
• цэцгийн бал (cecgiin bal, “nectar”)
• бал чулуу (bal čuluu, “graphite”)

Clipping of бал чулуу (bal čuluu), itself from the etymology above.

бал • (bal)

1. ballpoint pen

From Proto-Turkic *bal.

бал • (bal)

1. honey

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бал”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

• бали (bali) — Digor

From Georgian ბალი (bali).

бал • (bal)

1. (Iron) cherry

• Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “бал”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “bal”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and 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, relational adjective ба́льный)

1. ball, dance

• → Armenian: բալ (bal)
• → Azerbaijani: bal
• → Eastern Mari: бал (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)

• балду (baldu)

• Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бал”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

From Proto-Turkic *bal (“honey”).

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]‎^[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 69

• IPA^(key): [baɫ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɫ
• Hyphenation: бал

Borrowed from German Ball (“ball”) or French balle (“ball”).^[1]

бал • (bal) m inan (genitive ба́ла, nominative plural ба́ли, genitive plural ба́лів, relational adjective ба́льний)

1. point (on a numerical grading system)
2. (games, sports) point

   Synonym: очко́ n inan (očkó)

3. point (on an intensity scale, e.g. the Beaufort scale or Richter scale)

Borrowed from French bal.

• баль (balʹ) — 1928–1933 spelling

бал • (bal) m inan (genitive ба́лу, nominative plural бали́, genitive plural балі́в, relational adjective ба́льний)

1. ball (formal or extravagant party or dance)

• “бал”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “бал”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• “бал”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бал”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bal.

бал • (bal)

1. honey.

• Oleksandr Harkavecʹ (2000) Urumsʹkyj Slovnyk [Urum-Ukrainian Dictionary], Almaty: Ynstytut Sxodoznavstva Myžnarodnyx Vydnosyn Xarkyvsʹkyj Kolehyum, →ISBN