balas

== English == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈbaləs/ === Noun === balas (plural balases) (archaic, now chiefly attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby. ==== Alternative forms ==== balace, balass, ballace ==== Derived terms ==== balas-ruby, balas ruby ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Labas, basal, balsa, Baals, laabs, blaas, albas, baals, Baʿals, sabal, Ba'als, LABAs == Cebuano == === Alternative forms === bas — dialectal === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈl̪as̪] (l-eliding dialects) IPA(key): /ˈba(ː)s/ [ˈba(ː)s̪] Hyphenation: ba‧las === Noun === balás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔) sand Synonym: bunbon == Galician == === Noun === balas plural of bala == Hausa == === Etymology === Borrowed from English balance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bá.làs/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.làs] === Noun === balàs m (financial) balance payment due for work done == Higaonon == === Noun === balas sand == Hiligaynon == === Noun === balás sand == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las] Rhymes: -alas Syllabification: ba‧las === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay balas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”). ==== Noun ==== balas (plural balas-balas) answer Synonym: jawaban response Synonyms: tanggapan, respon (uncommon) punishment Synonyms: ganjaran, hukuman ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Compounds ==== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast. ==== Noun ==== balas (plural balas-balas) ballast, (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability Synonyms: pengimbang kapal, pemberat, tolak bahara (rail transport) coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete (figurative) baggage, something that hampers functioning === Further reading === “balas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Kapampangan == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈlas/ [bəˈläs] Hyphenation: ba‧las === Noun === balas sand == Latin == === Verb === bālās second-person singular present active indicative of bālō == Lithuanian == === Adjective === bãlas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4 alternative form of báltas (“white”) == Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”). Cognate with Malagasy valy and Javanese wales. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las] Rhymes: -alas, -as Hyphenation: ba‧las === Verb === balas (Jawi spelling بالس) to reply; to respond; to answer Synonyms: jawab, sahut Antonyms: pulau, tanya, soal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: balas (inherited) === Further reading === "balas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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 == === Noun === balas bush == Occitan == === Noun === balas plural of bala == Old Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Old Spanish bala (plural balas). First attested in 1461–1467. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /balʲas/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /balʲas/ Homophone: balaz === Noun === balas m animacy unattested (architecture) baluster ==== Descendants ==== Polish: balas (“baluster”) Silesian: balas === References === 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 == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -alas Syllabification: ba‧las === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Polish balas. ==== Noun ==== balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balasik) (architecture) baluster Synonym: tralka (Middle Polish, in the plural) turned furniture legs (Podegrodzie) church partition (partition in a church, separating the nave from the sanctuary) ==== Noun ==== balas m inan (diminutive balasek) (colloquial) chocolate hot dog (long piece of fecal matter) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Ballas. ==== Noun ==== balas m inan (diminutive balasek) (Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === 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 Karol Mátyás (1891), “balas”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== balas f plural of bala === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== balas second-person singular present indicative of balar second-person singular present subjunctive of balir == Silesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish balas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.las/ Rhymes: -alas Syllabification: ba‧las === Noun === balas m inan sawhorse for drying hay === Further reading === Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “balas”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 38 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las] Rhymes: -alas Syllabification: ba‧las === Noun === balas plural of bala === Verb === balas second-person singular present indicative of balar == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). Compare Kapampangan balas, Hanunoo baras, Aklanon baeas, and Cebuano balas. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈlas] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: ba‧las ==== Noun ==== balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔) coarse granulated sugar; crystallized syrup coarse grains of starch northwind ===== Related terms ===== sabalas ===== See also ===== balaklaot === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈbaː.lɐs] Rhymes: -alas Syllabification: ba‧las ==== Noun ==== balas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔) poles used as prop to roofs to prevent a house from falling Synonyms: suhay, puntal, tukod === Further reading === “balas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === labas, salba, balsa, sabal, salab == West Makian == === Etymology === From Malay balas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.l̪as̪/ === Verb === balas (intransitive) to avenge, to pay back ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics