Bala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bala"

English

Etymology 1

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

Proper noun

Bala

1. A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
2. A lake in Gwynedd, the largest natural lake in Wales.
3. A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.
4. An unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after Bala in Wales.

Translations

Translations

• Welsh: Y Bala f (town), Llyn Tegid (lake)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 巴拉語 / 巴拉语 (Bālāyǔ, “Bala language”).

Proper noun

Bala

1. An extinct Jurchenic language formerly spoken in northeastern China.

See also

• Category:Bala lemmas

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Ba'al, Baal, Baʿal, LABA, alba, baal, blaa, laab

Albanian

Etymology

Definite form of Balë, from balë (“white spot”). See balë for more.

Proper noun

Bala m (definite Bala)

1. nominative singular definite of Balë
2. a male given name

   Balë m, Bal m

3. a male surname originating as a patronymic

   Synonym: Balaj m

References

• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 65

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbala]

Proper noun

Bala m anim (female equivalent Balová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bala (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bala	Balové
genitive	Baly	Balů
dative	Balovi	Balům
accusative	Balu	Baly
vocative	Balo	Balové
locative	Balovi	Balech
instrumental	Balou	Baly

Further reading

• “Bala”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦭ
Pegon
Roman	Bala

Romanization

Bala

1. Romanization of ꦧꦭ

Polish

Etymology

From a regional variant of bela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Ba‧la

Proper noun

Bala m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bala

	singular	plural
nominative	Bala	Balowie
genitive	Bali	Balów
dative	Bali	Balom
accusative	Balę	Balów
instrumental	Balą	Balami
locative	Bali	Balach
vocative	Balo	Balowie

Proper noun

Bala f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Bala

	singular	plural
nominative	Bala	Bale
genitive	Bali	Bal
dative	Bali	Balom
accusative	Balę	Bale
instrumental	Balą	Balami
locative	Bali	Balach
vocative	Balo	Bale

Further reading

• “Bala”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бѣла (běla), feminine of бѣлъ (bělŭ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bala f

1. A commune of Mehedinți, Romania
2. A village in Bala, Mehedinți, Romania

Welsh

Etymology

From bala (“effluent”).

Proper noun

Y Bala f

1. Bala (a small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bala

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Bala	Fala	Mala	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.