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bejel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: button scurvy, sibbens, njovera, belesh, dichuchwa

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَجَل (bajal) — Endemic syphilis
  • Belarusian: пра́нец (pránjec) — Endemic syphilis
  • Bulgarian: фре́нга (frénga) — Endemic syphilis
  • French: pian de Nérac — Endemic syphilis
  • French: lépre du nord — Endemic syphilis
  • French: maladie de Scherlievo — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Grobnigger-Krankheit — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Salzfluss — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Marschkrankheit — Endemic syphilis
  • German: nordische Küstenseuche — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Holsteinische Marschkrankheit — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Dithmarsische Krankheit — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Radeseuche — Endemic syphilis
  • German: Franzosen — Endemic syphilis
  • Greek: ενδημική σύφιλη (endimikí sýfili) — Endemic syphilis
  • Icelandic: liktrá — Endemic syphilis
  • Italian: Scherlievo — Endemic syphilis
  • Norwegian: radesyge — Endemic syphilis
  • Norwegian: slemsyge — Endemic syphilis
  • Norwegian: stygsyge — Endemic syphilis
  • Norwegian: spedalskhed — Endemic syphilis
  • Polish: francuska choroba — Endemic syphilis
  • Polish: francowata choroba — Endemic syphilis
  • Polish: franca — Endemic syphilis
  • Polish: kiła — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: францу́зская боле́знь f фра́нец (francúzskaja boléznʹ) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: пра́нец (pránec) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: хра́нец (xránec) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: парша́ (paršá) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: сыпь (sypʹ) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: ше́лудь (šéludʹ) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: коро́ста (korósta) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: ше́ро́х (šéróx) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: беджель (bedželʹ) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: баляш (baljaš) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: ньювера (nʹjuvera) — Endemic syphilis
  • Russian: си́филис ара́бский (sífilis arábskij) — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: шкр̏љево — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: škrljevska bȍlēst — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: фре̏ња̄к — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: вре̏ња̄к — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: вре̏њга — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: фре̏њга — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: фре̏нга — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: фре̏нка — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: škȑljevo — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: шкрљевска бо̏ле̄ст — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: frȅnjāk — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrȅnjāk — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrȅnjga — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: frȅnjga — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: frȅnga — Endemic syphilis
  • Serbo-Croatian: frȅnka — Endemic syphilis
  • Slovene: škrljevo — Endemic syphilis
  • Slovene: škrljeva bolezen — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: bondfransoser — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: soltflod — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: radesyge — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: spetälska — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: spedalskhed — Endemic syphilis
  • Swedish: franska sjukan — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra norvegica — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra septentrionalis — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra borealis — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra esthonum — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: morbus ditmarsicus — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra holsatica — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: lepra nervosa — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: elephantiasis norvegica — Endemic syphilis
  • Translingual: elephantiasis Graecorum — Endemic syphilis
  • Ottoman Turkish: فرنك زحمتی (frenk zahmeti) — Endemic syphilis
  • Ottoman Turkish: فرنك اویوزی (frenk uyuzi) — Endemic syphilis
  • Ukrainian: пра́нец (pránec) — Endemic syphilis