balda

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) bolt (door fastener)
2. (feminine) doorknocker

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of baldar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of baldar:

baldar

1. to maim, to cripple
2. (figuratively) to exhaust, to wear out

Lees meer

Sinonieme

pestell

baldó

fiador

llisquet

Vertalings

سقّاطة

ماسِكة

σύρτης

μάνταλο

μάνδαλο

κλειδαριά με μάνταλο

catch

click

detent

dog

🐕

latch

pawl

door latch

chien

🐕

مِزْلاج

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈbal.ðə]

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الضَّبّة (aḍ-ḍábba, “latch”), from Arabic ال (al-, “definite article”) + ضَبّة (ḍabba, “mounting on a door”, literally “she-lizard”). Displaced Latin pessulus, which would have yielded *péssol.