balas

See also: balás, bałaś, bālas, and bālās

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)

1. (archaic, now chiefly attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

Derived terms

• balas-ruby

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, albas, baals, balsa, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bas

Noun

balas

1. sand

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Galician

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English balance.

Noun

balàs m

1. (financial) balance
2. payment due for work done

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Hiligaynon

Noun

balás

1. sand

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Kapampangan

Noun

balás

1. sand

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) bālās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of bālō

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Lithuanian

Adjective

balas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4

1. Alternative form of báltas (“white”)

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Occitan

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

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Portuguese

Noun

balas f

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of noun bala.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

Verb

balas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of balar.

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

balás

1. coarse granulated sugar; syrup hardened or grained
2. coarse grains of starch

Etymology 2

Noun

balás

1. northwind