Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *balъvanъ, *bъlvanъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /baɫvaːn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /baɫvɒn/

Noun edit

bałwan m animacy unattested

  1. (religion) idol, graven image
    Synonym: modła
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Latin-Polish-German Florian Psalter]‎[1], Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 105, 20:
      Modlyly sø sie rytym balwanom (adoraverunt sculptile)
      [Modlili są sie rytym bałwanom (adoraverunt sculptile)]
  2. salt block of a certain size
    • 1874 [1418], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume XVII, page 164:
      Bancum salis seu balwan
      [Bancum salis seu bałwan]

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Descendants edit

  • Polish: bałwan
  • Silesian: bałwōn

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bałwan

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish bałwan, from Proto-Slavic *balъvanъ, *bъlvanъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaw.van/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbaɫ.vɒn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awvan
  • Syllabification: bał‧wan

Noun edit

bałwan m animal (female equivalent bałwanica, diminutive bałwanek)

  1. snowman (figure made of snow)

Noun edit

bałwan m animal

  1. (religion, dated, in some compounds) idol, graven image
    Synonym: idol
  2. (hunting) stuffed black grouse or figure used as a lure

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Noun edit

bałwan m inan

  1. (literary) breaker; foamy sea wave
  2. (archaic, historical) large block, chunk, or column (of salt, lead, tin, ice, smoke, etc.)

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bałwan m pers (female equivalent bałwanica)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) galoot, blockhead, moron, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

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