balas
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas (plural balases)
- (archaic, now chiefly attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈl̪as̪]
- (l-eliding dialects) IPA(key): /ˈba(ː)s/ [ˈba(ː)s̪]
- Hyphenation: ba‧las
Noun
[edit]balás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English balance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balàs m
- (financial) balance
- payment due for work done
Higaonon
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Hiligaynon
[edit]Noun
[edit]balás
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay balas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)
- answer.
- Synonym: jawaban
- response.
- (uncommon) punishment.
Derived terms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)
- ballast,
- (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- Synonyms: tolak bahara, pengimbang kapal, pemberat
- Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.
- (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- (figurative) baggage, something that hampers functioning.
Alternative forms
[edit]- balast /balat/ (Standard Malay)
Further reading
[edit]- “balas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kapampangan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]bālās
Lithuanian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bãlas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4
- Alternative form of báltas (“white”)
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”). Cognate with Malagasy valy and Javanese wales.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]balas (Jawi spelling بالس)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: balas
Further reading
[edit]- “balas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bales₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Masbatenyo
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Occitan
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Spanish bala (plural balas).[1][2] First attested in 1461–1467.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas m animacy unattested
- (architecture) baluster
- 1461–1467, Sermones. Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty pochodzące z rkpsu Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. 230 (dawna sygn. 1421/108 Mns) z roku 1461-1467, page 415v:
- Ustawal ballaszami malovanimy, toczonimy sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drangy torno)
- [Ustawiał balasami malowanymi, toczonymi sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drągi torno)]
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “balas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “balas”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “balas”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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Inherited from Old Polish balas.
Noun
[edit]balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balaska or balasik)
- (architecture) baluster
- Synonym: tralka
- (Middle Polish, in the plural) turned furniture legs
Noun
[edit]balas m inan (diminutive balasek)
- (colloquial) chocolate hot dog (long piece of fecal matter)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas m inan (diminutive balasek)
- (Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- balas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- balas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “balas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Dorota Adamiec (27.09.2009) “BALAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 87
- M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Balas on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
- balas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas f
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]balas
- second-person singular present indicative of balar
- second-person singular present subjunctive of balir
Silesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish balas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas m inan
Further reading
[edit]- Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “balas”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 38
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balas
Verb
[edit]balas
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). Compare Kapampangan balas, Hanunoo baras, Aklanon baeas, and Cebuano balas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈlas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ba‧las
Noun
[edit]balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈbaː.lɐs]
- Rhymes: -alas
- Syllabification: ba‧las
Noun
[edit]balas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
Further reading
[edit]- “balas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]West Makian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]balas
- (intransitive) to avenge, to pay back
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of balas (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tabalas | mabalas | abalas | |
2nd person | nabalas | fabalas | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ibalas | dabalas | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nabalas, balas | fabalas, balas |
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
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- id:Nautical
- Kapampangan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Kapampangan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kapampangan lemmas
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- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian adjectives
- Lithuanian adjectives with stress pattern 4
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/alas
- Rhymes:Malay/las
- Rhymes:Malay/as
- Malay terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/is
- Rhymes:Malay/is/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
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- Masbatenyo lemmas
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- Occitan non-lemma forms
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- Old Polish terms borrowed from Old Spanish
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- zlw-opl:Architecture
- Old Polish terms with quotations
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/alas
- Rhymes:Polish/alas/2 syllables
- Polish terms derived from Old Spanish
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- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
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- pl:Architectural elements
- Middle Polish
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- pl:Feces
- pl:Gems
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
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- Silesian terms derived from Old Spanish
- Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish
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- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/alas
- Rhymes:Silesian/alas/2 syllables
- Silesian lemmas
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- Silesian masculine nouns
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alas
- Rhymes:Spanish/alas/2 syllables
- Spanish non-lemma forms
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/as
- Rhymes:Tagalog/as/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Rhymes:Tagalog/alas
- Rhymes:Tagalog/alas/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- West Makian terms derived from Malay
- West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Makian lemmas
- West Makian verbs
- West Makian intransitive verbs