بلور

Arabic

بلَّور

Etymology

From Early New Persian بلور (billōr, “crystal”).

Pronunciation

• (classic) IPA^(key): /bil.lawr/
• (colloquial also) IPA^(key): /bil.luːr/

Noun

بِلَّوْر • (billawr) m (collective, singulative بِلَّوْرَة f (billawra))

1. crystal
2. rock crystal, quartz (originally)

Declension

Declension of noun بِلَّوْر (billawr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْر billawr	الْبِلَّوْر al-billawr	بِلَّوْر billawr
Nominative	بِلَّوْرٌ billawrun	الْبِلَّوْرُ al-billawru	بِلَّوْرُ billawru
Accusative	بِلَّوْرًا billawran	الْبِلَّوْرَ al-billawra	بِلَّوْرَ billawra
Genitive	بِلَّوْرٍ billawrin	الْبِلَّوْرِ al-billawri	بِلَّوْرِ billawri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَة billawra	الْبِلَّوْرَة al-billawra	بِلَّوْرَة billawrat
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَةٌ billawratun	الْبِلَّوْرَةُ al-billawratu	بِلَّوْرَةُ billawratu
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَةً billawratan	الْبِلَّوْرَةَ al-billawrata	بِلَّوْرَةَ billawrata
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَةٍ billawratin	الْبِلَّوْرَةِ al-billawrati	بِلَّوْرَةِ billawrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَتَيْن billawratayn	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْن al-billawratayn	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَتَانِ billawratāni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَانِ al-billawratāni	بِلَّوْرَتَا billawratā
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ billawratayni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ al-billawratayni	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ billawratayni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ al-billawratayni	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَات billawrāt	الْبِلَّوْرَات al-billawrāt	بِلَّوْرَات billawrāt
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَاتٌ billawrātun	الْبِلَّوْرَاتُ al-billawrātu	بِلَّوْرَاتُ billawrātu
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَاتٍ billawrātin	الْبِلَّوْرَاتِ al-billawrāti	بِلَّوْرَاتِ billawrāti
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَاتٍ billawrātin	الْبِلَّوْرَاتِ al-billawrāti	بِلَّوْرَاتِ billawrāti

Descendants

• → Amharic: በሉር (bälur)
• → Middle Armenian: պլօր (plōr), պիլօր (pilōr)
• → Galician: abelorio
• → Ge'ez: ብሉር (bəlur)
• → Gujarati: બિલોર (bilor)
• → Hindi: बिल्लौर (billaur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بلور (billur)
  • Turkish: billur
  • → Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
  • → Crimean Tatar: billur
• → Punjabi: ਬਲੌਰ (balaur)
• → Portuguese: avelório
• → Spanish: abalorio
• → Tigre: በሉር (bälur), በኑር (bänur)
• → Uzbek: billur

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بِلُّور (billūr).

Pronunciation

• (15th–17th century) IPA^(key): [bɯˈɫːuɾ], [bɯˈɫuɾ]
• (18th–20th century) IPA^(key): [biˈɫːuɾ]

Noun

بلور • (bıllur, billur)

1. crystal

Descendants

• Turkish: billur
• → Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
• → Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
• → Crimean Tatar: billur

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 884

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bylwl /⁠*bēlūr⁠/, “crystal”), from Pali veḷuriya. Compare Parthian [Term?] (byrwl /⁠*bērūl⁠/, “crystal”) and Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bi.ˈloːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.lúːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.lɵ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bilōr
Iranian reading?	bolur
Tajik reading?	bulür

Noun

بلور • (bolur)

Dari	بلور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	булӯр

1. crystal

Derived terms

• بلورنگاری (bolur-negâri)

Related terms

• بلورین (bolurin)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِلَّوْر (billawr)
  • → Amharic: በሉር (bälur)
  • → Middle Armenian: պլօր (plōr), պիլօր (pilōr)
  • → Galician: abelorio
  • → Ge'ez: ብሉር (bəlur)
  • → Gujarati: બિલોર (bilor)
  • → Hindi: बिल्लौर (billaur)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بلور (billur)
    • Turkish: billur
    • → Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
    • → Crimean Tatar: billur
  • → Punjabi: ਬਲੌਰ (balaur)
  • → Portuguese: avelório
  • → Spanish: abalorio
  • → Tigre: በሉር (bälur), በኑር (bänur)
  • → Uzbek: billur
• → Malay: balur
  • Indonesian: balur

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēlūr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
• Franke, Otto (1893) “Beziehungen der Inder zum Westen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2], volume 47, page 600