beci
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See also: Béci
Pronunciation
Noun
beci
Etymology
From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.
Noun
beci
- (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)
Etymology
Borrowed from Kipchak beč (“oven, cave”), from Russian печь (pečʹ, “oven”), from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pektis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ- (“to cook”). Compare Romanian peșteră (“cave”), from the same Proto-Slavic root.
Pronunciation
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Noun
beci n (plural beciuri)
Declension
Declension of beci
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