balquena

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Arabic. === Noun === balquena f (plural balquenes) (Mallorca) large quantity, abundance ==== Usage notes ==== Used only in the expression a balquena (“in spades, in droves”). === Further reading === “balquena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “balquena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.