बालिश

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.lɪʃ/,

Borrowed from Sanskrit बालिश (bāliśa).

बालिश • (bāliś) m (Urdu spelling بالش)

1. (rare) a child

बालिश • (bāliś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بالش)

1. young, childish, puerile
2. ignorant, foolish, careless

Borrowed from Classical Persian بالش (bāliš). Cognate with Assamese বালিছ (balis), Bengali বালিশ (baliś).

बालिश • (bāliś) m (Urdu spelling بالش)

1. pillow, cushion

   Synonyms: तकिया (takiyā), उपधान (updhān)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बालिश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बालिश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From बाल (bāla, “child”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɑː.li.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.l̪i.ɕɐ/

बालिश • (bāliśa) stem

1. young, childish, puerile, simple
2. ignorant, foolish, careless

बालिश • (bāliśa) stem, m

1. a child
2. a fool, blockhead

• Monier Williams (1899) “बालिश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 729.