balas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balas"

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English

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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

• 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.

Alternative forms

• balace, balass, ballace

Derived terms

• balas-ruby, balas ruby

Translations

rose-coloured spinel — see balas-ruby

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bas — dialectal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈl̪as̪]
• (l-eliding dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈba(ː)s/ [ˈba(ː)s̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

balás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

1. sand

   Synonym: bunbon

Galician

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English balance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bá.làs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bə́.làs]

Noun

balàs m

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

Higaonon

Noun

balas

1. sand

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Noun

balás

1. sand

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ba‧las

Etymology 1

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

Noun

balas (plural balas-balas)

1. answer

   Synonyms: jawaban, sahutan

2. response

   Synonyms: tanggapan, respon

3. (uncommon) punishment

   Synonyms: ganjaran, hukuman

Derived terms

• balas-berbalas
• balas-membalas
• balasan
• berbalas
• berbalas-balasan
• membalas
• pembalas
• pembalasan
• terbalas

Compounds

• balas baki
• balas jasa
• balas pati

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

Noun

balas (plural balas-balas)

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: pengimbang kapal, pemberat, tolak bahara

   2. (rail transport) 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

Further reading

• “balas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlas/ [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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -alas, -as
• Hyphenation: ba‧las

Verb

balas (Jawi spelling بالس, active membalas, third-person passive dibalas)

1. to reply; to respond; to answer

   Synonyms: jawab, sahut

   Antonyms: pulau, tanya, soal

   Anton yakinnya membalas pertanyaan itu.

   Anton confidently answered the question.

2. to repay, to reciprocate

   Synonyms: mengimbangi, membayar kembali

3. to retaliate, to counter, to punish, to redress

Derived terms

• balas dendam
• balas jasa
• balasan
• dibalas
• membalas
• pembalas

Descendants

• > Indonesian: balas (inherited)

Further reading

• "balas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "balas" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bales₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Masbatenyo

Noun

balas

1. bush

Occitan

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /balʲas/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /balʲas/
• Homophone: balaz

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

• Polish: balas (“baluster”)
• Silesian: balas

References

• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “balas”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.las/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈba.las/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Podegrodzie) IPA^(key): [ˈba.las]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ba‧las

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish balas.

Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balasik)

1. (architecture) baluster

   Synonym: tralka

2. (Middle Polish, in the plural) turned furniture legs
3. (Podegrodzie) church partition (partition in a church, separating the nave from the sanctuary)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ballas.

Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek)

1. (Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone

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

Further reading

• “balas”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “balas”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “balas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Dorota Adamiec (27.09.2009), “BALAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 87
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Balas on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl
• balas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Karol Mátyás (1891), “balas”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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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

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish balas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.las/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ba‧las

Noun

balas m inan

1. sawhorse for drying hay

Further reading

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “balas”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 38

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ba‧las

Noun

balas

1. plural of bala

Verb

balas

1. second-person singular present indicative of balar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlas/ [bɐˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ba‧las

Noun

balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

1. coarse granulated sugar; crystallized syrup
2. coarse grains of starch
3. northwind

Related terms

• sabalas

See also

• balaklaot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈbaː.lɐs]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: 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, 2018

Anagrams

• labas, salba, balsa, sabal, salab

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay balas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪as̪/

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^[5], Pacific linguistics