beda

beda

1. alternative spelling of béda

• beza (standard Malay)

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”) via Malay beda.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛda/ [ˈbɛ.da]
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: be‧da

beda (stative verb berbeda, comparative lebih beda, informal comparative bedaan, superlative terbeda, equative sebeda)

1. different

beda (plural beda-beda)

1. difference

   Synonyms: pewat, selisih, pautan

• “beda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

beda

1. romanization of ꦧꦺꦢ (béda)

• beza (predominantly in Malaysia)

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”).^[1] Doublet of beza.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbeda/ [ˈbe.da]
  • Note: The modern Johor-Riau pronunciation of coda /a/ is influenced by Indonesian
  • Rhymes: -eda, -a

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbedə/ [ˈbe.də] (rare)
  • Rhymes: -edə, -ə
• Hyphenation: be‧da

béda (Jawi spelling بيدا, plural beda-beda)

1. (Riau) dissimilarity
2. (Riau) difference

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بيدا beda (ook bedza)”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 68
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيدا beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 139
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “beda”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 97-8

• “beda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda

beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)

1. to begin, to start

   "Ibda," qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed.

   "Begin," said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.

     My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.

• bedene n pl

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

beda n pl

1. definite plural of bed

From Old Norse biðja.

• be, bede
• bidja (pre-1901 (Landsmål))

• IPA^(key): /²beːɑ/

beda (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed)

1. to ask; request
2. to pray

• “beda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *bedu, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

beda f

1. prayer
2. request

• Middle Dutch: bēde
  • Dutch: bede
    • Afrikaans: bede

• “beda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• bijéda (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

• IPA^(key): /běːda/
• Hyphenation: be‧da

béda f (Cyrillic spelling бе́да)

1. misery

From Proto-Slavic *běda.

• IPA^(key): /bèːda/

bẹ́da f

1. misery

• béden

• “beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025