beza

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• Hyphenation: be‧za

beza

1. Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present imperative form of izan.

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form ezan instead of izan.

Probably a hypercorrection of beda from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”).

• IPA^(key): /be.zə/
• Hyphenation: bè‧za
• Rhymes: -a

beza (Jawi spelling بيذا, plural beza-beza, informal 1st possessive bezaku, 2nd possessive bezamu, 3rd possessive bezanya)

1. dissimilarity
2. difference

• beda (predominantly in Indonesia)

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

Borrowed from German Baiser, from French baiser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛz.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɛza
• Syllabification: bez‧a

beza f

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

• beza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beza in Polish dictionaries at PWN