balaca

Morphologically from bala (“child”) +‎ -ca. Compare Bashkir бәләкәй (bələkəy, “small, little”), Kyrgyz белекей (belekey, “low, short”), Chulym пӓлӓ (“small”).

• IPA^(key): [bɑɫɑˈd͡ʒɑ], [bɑɫɑˈd͡zɑ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ca

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balaca (comparative daha balaca, superlative ən balaca)

1. small, little

   Synonyms: kiçik, cıqqılı

   Antonyms: böyük, yekə

   balaca ev ― a small house

   Balaca uşaq olanda, cizgi filmlərini izləməyi çox sevirdim

   When I was a little child, I loved watching cartoons a lot.

2. short, of little height

   Synonyms: alçaq, qısa

   Antonyms: uzun, hündür

   Oğlanın boyu balaca idi, ancaq model olmaq xəyalından əl çəkmirdi, və nəhayət onu gerçəkləşdirdi.

   The guy's stature was short, but he didn't give up his dream of becoming a model, and finally, he achieved it.

balaca

1. a little, a bit (often used with the indefinite article bir)

   Bir balaca gözlə! ― Wait a little!

balaca (definite accusative balacanı, plural balacalar)

1. young child, little one

   balacalar üçün nağıllar ― fairy tales for little ones

balaca f (plural balacas)

1. (Colombia) hairband

• “balaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28