بالة

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Algerian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Spanish pala.

Noun

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بالة (bālaf (plural بالات (bālāt))

  1. winnowing shovel

References

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  • Stuhlmann, Franz (1912) Ein kulturgeschichtlicher Ausflug in den Aures (Atlas von Süd-Algerien): nebst Betrachtungen über die Berber-Völker (Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts; X)‎[1] (in German), Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co., page 173b

Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Via an Aramaic dialect form equivalent Classical Syriac ܒܠܬܐ (balləṯā, perfume flask, ampulla) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/, goblet, chalice, cup), which is in Persian پیاله (piyâla) and thence has been reborrowed in Arabic dialects as بيالة (biyāla, cup).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَالَة (bālaf (plural بَالَات (bālāt) or بَال (bāl))

  1. (obsolete, Banū al-Ḥāriṯ and few other dialects) a large flask, flagon, bottle
    Synonyms: فِلَسْقِيَّة (filasqiyya), قِنِّينَة (qinnīna), زُجَاجَة (zujāja), قَارُورَة (qārūra)
    • a. 786, Kitāb al-ʿAyn:
      والبألة: القارورة بلغة بلحارث، وهي بالنّبطية بالتّاء.
      Al-baʾla is the flask in the dialect of the Balḥāriṯ, and in Nabataean with [trailing] t.
    • 2015 May 25, “ازيثروميسين اقراص مضاد حيوي فعال Azithromycin tablets”, in Al-ʾAjzaḵāna[2]:
      اشكال الدواء
      ١- مسحوق للحل ( للزرق ) معبأ في قارورة ( بالة ) : 500 مغ.
      Dosage
      Grinding or dissolving, filling into a flask: 500 mg

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References

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  • Elmaz, Orhan (2014) “Investigating South Arabian words in al-Khalīl's Kitāb al-ʿayn”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies[3], volume 44, Supplement: Language of Southern Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013, Oxford: Archaeopress, page 34a
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 81
  • pyly2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • blh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Spanish pala.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بالة (bālaf (plural بالات (bālāt))

  1. shovel