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беля

/[bɛˈlʲa̟]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    nuisance, mischief, bother, trouble, difficulty

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “misfortune, calamity”); Compare Greek μπελιάς (beliás), Serbo-Croatian бѐла̄ј/bèlāj, Romanian belea, Albanian belja, Gagauz bela.

Forms

  • беля́canonical • feminine
  • beljáromanization
  • беля́indefinite • singular
  • бели́indefinite • plural
  • беля́таdefinite • singular
  • бели́теdefinite • plural

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