balar

== Malay == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaR. Cognate with Māori para (“turned yellow, sere, discoloured”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balar/ Rhymes: -ar === Adjective === balar (Jawi spelling بالر, comparative lebih balar, superlative paling balar) (especially of a water buffalo) Albino; congenital lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes). Synonym: albino ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "balar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*balaʀ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === balir === Etymology === From Latin bālāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧lar === Verb === balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balei, past participle balado) to baa; to bleat (of sheep: to make its characteristic cry) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “balar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin bālāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlaɾ/ [baˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ba‧lar === Verb === balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balé, past participle balado) (intransitive) to bleat ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “balar”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === balar indefinite plural of bal == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالار (balar, “joist, rafter”), from Persian [Term?]. === Noun === balar (definite accusative baları, plural balarlar) shingle, a thin board used as a covering for the roof Synonym: padavra ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “balar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “balar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “balar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 449