abalorio

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Etymology

From Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, crystalline), from بِلَّوْر (billawr, crystal), from Persian, from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya). 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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈloɾjo/ [a.β̞aˈlo.ɾjo]

Noun

abalorio m (plural abalorios)

  1. glass bead
  2. trinket; bauble (jewelry of little value)

Descendants

  • Tagalog: abaloryo

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