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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

Noun

balas (plural balases)

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Translations

rose-coloured spinel — see balas-ruby

Anagrams

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧las
  • IPA(key): /baˈlas/,

Noun

balas

  1. sand

Galician

Noun

balas

  1. plural of bala

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English balance.

Pronunciation

Noun

balàs m

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

Higaonon

Noun

balas

  1. sand

Hiligaynon

Noun

balás

  1. sand

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay balas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)

  1. answer.
    Synonym: jawaban
  2. response.
    Synonyms: tanggapan, respon
  3. (uncommon) punishment.
    Synonyms: ganjaran, hukuman
Derived terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)

  1. ballast,
    1. (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
      Synonyms: tolak bahara, pengimbang kapal, pemberat
    2. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.
  2. (figurative) baggage, something that hampers functioning.
Alternative forms

Further reading

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlas/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balas

  1. sand

Latin

Verb

bālās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of bālō

Lithuanian

Adjective

bãlas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4

  1. Alternative form of báltas (“white”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”). Cognate with Malagasy valy and Javanese wales.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balas/
  • Rhymes: -alas, -las, -as
  • Audio (MY)(file)
  • Rhymes: -is

Verb

balas (Jawi spelling بالس)

  1. to reply; to respond; to answer
    Synonyms: jawab, sahut
    Antonyms: pulau, tanya, soal
    Anton membalas pertanyaan itu dengan perasaan penuh yakin.
    Anton answered the question with full confindence.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: balas

Further reading

  • “balas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bales₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Masbatenyo

Noun

balas

  1. bush

Occitan

Noun

balas

  1. plural of bala

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bala (plural balas). First attested in 1461–1467.

Pronunciation

Noun

balas m animacy unattested

  1. (architecture) baluster
    • 1461–1467, Sermones. Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty pochodzące z rkpsu Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. 230 (dawna sygn. 1421/108 Mns) z roku 1461-1467, page 415v:
      Ustawal ballaszami malovanimy, toczonimy sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drangy torno)
      [Ustawiał balasami malowanymi, toczonymi sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drągi torno)]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “balas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish balas, from Spanish bala (plural balas).

Pronunciation

Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balaska or balasik)

  1. (architecture) baluster
    Synonym: tralka

Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek)

  1. (colloquial) chocolate hot dog (long piece of fecal matter)

Declension

Declension of balas
singular plural
nominative balas balasy
genitive balasa balasów
dative balasowi balasom
accusative balas balasy
instrumental balasem balasami
locative balasie balasach
vocative balasie balasy

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “balas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

balas f

  1. plural of bala

Etymology 2

Verb

balas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of balar
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of balir

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalas/
  • Rhymes: -alas
  • Syllabification: ba‧las

Noun

balas

  1. plural of bala

Verb

balas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of balar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). Compare Kapampangan balas, Hanunoo baras, Aklanon baeas, and Cebuano balas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlas/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. coarse granulated sugar; crystallized syrup
  2. coarse grains of starch
  3. northwind
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalas/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. poles used as prop to roofs to prevent a house from falling
    Synonyms: suhay, puntal, tukod

Further reading

  • “balas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay balas.

Pronunciation

Verb

balas

  1. (intransitive) to avenge, to pay back

Conjugation

Conjugation of balas (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tabalas mabalas abalas
2nd person nabalas fabalas
3rd person inanimate ibalas dabalas
animate
imperative nabalas, balas fabalas, balas

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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