ბალი

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Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bali/,
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ლი

Etymology 1

(წითელი) ბალი

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *bal- (sweet cherry), see there for more.

Noun

ბალი (bali) (plural ბლები)

  1. cherry
  2. sweet cherry
Inflection
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References

  • Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 133, footnote 134
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბალი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 7
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 92
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball).

Noun

ბალი (bali) (plural ბალები)

  1. (in describing wave, wind etc.) point
  2. (in compounds) mark, grade, score
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal).

Noun

ბალი (bali) (plural ბალები)

  1. ball, dance
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