abalorio

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy). The Royal Spanish Academy postulates that it came to Arabic from Tamil but notes that similar terms are found in other South Asian languages, including Persian and Sanskrit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abaˈloɾjo/ [a.β̞aˈlo.ɾjo] Rhymes: -oɾjo Syllabification: a‧ba‧lo‧rio === Noun === abalorio m (plural abalorios) glass bead trinket; bauble (jewelry of little value) ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: abaloryo ==== References ==== === Further reading === “abalorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025