بالة

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Spanish pala.

Noun

بالة (bāla) f (plural بالات (bālāt))

1. winnowing shovel

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• بَآلَة (baʔāla), بَأْلَة (baʔla)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /baː.la/

Noun

بَالَة • (bāla) f (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

Declension

Declension of noun بَالَة (bāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَالَة bāla	الْبَالَة al-bāla	بَالَة bālat
Nominative	بَالَةٌ bālatun	الْبَالَةُ al-bālatu	بَالَةُ bālatu
Accusative	بَالَةً bālatan	الْبَالَةَ al-bālata	بَالَةَ bālata
Genitive	بَالَةٍ bālatin	الْبَالَةِ al-bālati	بَالَةِ bālati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَالَتَيْن bālatayn	الْبَالَتَيْن al-bālatayn	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
Nominative	بَالَتَانِ bālatāni	الْبَالَتَانِ al-bālatāni	بَالَتَا bālatā
Accusative	بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni	الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
Genitive	بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni	الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَالَات‎; بَال bālāt‎; bāl	الْبَالَات‎; الْبَال al-bālāt‎; al-bāl	بَالَات‎; بَال bālāt‎; bāl
Nominative	بَالَاتٌ‎; بَالٌ bālātun‎; bālun	الْبَالَاتُ‎; الْبَالُ al-bālātu‎; al-bālu	بَالَاتُ‎; بَالُ bālātu‎; bālu
Accusative	بَالَاتٍ‎; بَالًا bālātin‎; bālan	الْبَالَاتِ‎; الْبَالَ al-bālāti‎; al-bāla	بَالَاتِ‎; بَالَ bālāti‎; bāla
Genitive	بَالَاتٍ‎; بَالٍ bālātin‎; bālin	الْبَالَاتِ‎; الْبَالِ al-bālāti‎; al-bāli	بَالَاتِ‎; بَالِ bālāti‎; bāli

References

• 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

Etymology

From Spanish pala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.la/

Noun

بالة • (bāla) f (plural بالات (bālāt))

1. shovel