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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbä.lä",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
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"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
}
],
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"etymology_text": "From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, “misfortune”).",
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"word": "bencana"
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"word": "malapetaka"
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{
"word": "kemalangan"
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{
"word": "kecelakaan"
}
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},
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"rhymes": "-ala"
},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbä.lä",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "-lə]",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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"Rhymes:Malay/la"
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},
{
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"plural"
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},
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"soldiery; army, force"
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"army",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
},
{
"rhymes": "-la"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbä.lä",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "-lə]",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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"form": "بالا",
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]
},
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"form": "بلاء",
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"Jawi"
]
},
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"plural"
]
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}
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"word": "bencana"
},
{
"word": "malapetaka"
},
{
"word": "kemalangan"
},
{
"word": "kecelakaan"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/bala/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
},
{
"rhymes": "-la"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbä.lä",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "-lə]",
"note": "Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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