beza

See also: Beza, beża', and bezą

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bes̻a/ [be.s̻a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /bes̻a/ [be.s̻a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /bes̺a/ [be.s̺a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -es̻a, -a

• Rhymes: -es̻a, -a
• Rhymes: -es̺a, -a

• Hyphenation: be‧za

Verb

beza

1. third-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, imperative of izan (“to have”, transitive auxiliary)

Malay

Alternative forms

• beda (predominantly in Indonesia)
• bedza (dated)

Etymology

A hypercorrection and thus a doublet of beda, from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”), likely influenced by other words with conflation of /d/ and /ð/ (as /dz/) represented originally with the Jawi د dal and ذ dzal respectively (thus بيدا beda ⇆ بيذا bedza) , such as between dikir and zikir both doublets from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbezə/ [ˈbe.zə]
  • Rhymes: -ezə, -ə

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbeza/ [ˈbe.za]
  • Rhymes: -eza, -a
• Hyphenation: be‧za

Noun

béza (Jawi spelling بيذا, plural beza-beza or beza²)

1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) dissimilarity
2. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) difference

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berbeza [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• membezakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• pembezaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pembeza [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemerbeza [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
• memperbezakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• diperbezakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “بيذا bedza”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 68
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “بيذ bedza”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 140
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bedza”. ibid, page 100.

Further reading

• "beza" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "beza" at PRPM first version)

Polish

beza

Etymology

Borrowed from German Baiser, from French baiser (“kiss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛz.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɛza
• Syllabification: bez‧a

Noun

beza f

1. meringue (mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned)

Declension

Declension of beza

	singular	plural
nominative	beza	bezy
genitive	bezy	bez
dative	bezie	bezom
accusative	bezę	bezy
instrumental	bezą	bezami
locative	bezie	bezach
vocative	bezo	bezy

Derived terms

adjective

• bezowy

Further reading

• “beza”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “beza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)