बेला

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀮𑀸 (velā), from Sanskrit वेला (velā). Doublet of बेर (ber).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beː.lɑː/, [beː.läː]

बेला • (belā) f

1. time, period, occasion

   Synonyms: वक़्त (vaqt), मौक़ा (mauqā)

2. (by extension) meal
   • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, विध्वंस [Destruction]:

     गाँव के लोग प्रायः एक बेला चबैना या सत्तू पर निर्वाह करते ही हैं, इसलिए भुनगी के भाड़ पर नित्य भीड़ लगी रहती थी।

     gā̃v ke log prāyaḥ ek belā cabainā yā sattū par nirvāh karte hī ha͠i, islie bhungī ke bhāṛ par nitya bhīṛ lagī rahtī thī.

     People of the village often subsist on a meal of chabaina or sattu, which is why there was always a rush at Bhungi's oven.

3. (uncommon) limit, boundary

   Synonyms: सीमा (sīmā), हद्द (hadd)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बेला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

• IPA^(key): [bela]

बेला • (belā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐧𑐾𑐮𑐵)

1. violin