See also: تالا

Khalaj

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Noun

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بالا (bala) (definite accusative بالاݧ, plural بالالار)

  1. Arabic spelling of bala (child)

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Malay

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بالا (plural بالا-بالا or بالا۲, informal 1st possessive بالاکو, 2nd possessive بالامو, 3rd possessive بالاڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bala

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠bālā⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *bārźаh- (via a series of sound changes *rź > *rd > l) + a suffix *-ā of unknown origin. The first component is derived from Proto-Iranian *barź- (to elevate, increase (height)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (to rise up).[1]

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Readings
Classical reading? bālā
Dari reading? bālā
Iranian reading? bâlâ
Tajik reading? bolo
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Adverb

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Dari بالا
Iranian Persian
Tajik боло

بالا (bâlâ)

  1. up, upwards
    Antonym: پایین (pâyin)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 437:
      با چنان چشمی که بالا میشتافت
      نور چشمش آسمان را میشکافت
      bā čunīn čašm-ē ki bālā mē-šitāft
      nūr-i čašm-aš āsmān rā mē-šikāft
      Notwithstanding (that he had) an eye that sped aloft,
      and the light of his eye was piercing heaven.

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Adjective

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بالا (bâlâ) (comparative بالاتَر (bâlâ-tar), superlative بالاتَرین (bâlâ-tarin))

  1. high, upper
    Antonym: پایین (pâyin)
  2. supreme

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بالا (bâlâ)

  1. top (upper part)
    Antonym: پایین (pâyin)
  2. stature, height
    Synonym: قد (qad)
  3. (nautical, Dashtestāni, Būshehri) a fathom; the height of a person used to measure the depth of a body of water
    در اینجای دریا آب پنج بالاستIn this part of the sea the water is five fathoms deep.

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References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 116-7; 119

Uyghur

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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic بالا
Latin bala
Cyrillic бала

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *bāla. Cognate with Kazakh бала (bala), Kyrgyz бала (bala), Crimean Tatar bala, Kumyk бала (bala), Shor пала, Western Yugur mïla, etc.

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Noun

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بالا (bala) (plural بالىلار (balilar))

  1. infant, baby, child
  2. cub; young animal
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Adjective

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بالا (bala)

  1. immature, childish
  2. small, young

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ, affliction).

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بالا (bala) (plural بالالار (balalar))

  1. a disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune, trouble
  2. cause of disaster, an instigator of trouble
  3. expert, terribly good, (thoroughly) proficient, skilled
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Etymology 3

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From Persian بالا (bâlâ).

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Noun

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بالا (bala) (plural بالالار (balalar))

  1. a purlin, a joist, a (cross-)brace (in roof timbers), truss