balas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balas"

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

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bas

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧las
• IPA^(key): /baˈlas/, [bʌˈl̪as̪]

Noun

balas

1. sand

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

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): [ˈba.las]
• 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

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

 

Compounds

• balas baki
• balas jasa
• balas pati

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.las]
• 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

• balast /balat/ (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “balas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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/, [bəˈläs]
• 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

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

 

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

• 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

References

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

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.las/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈba.las/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ba‧las

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

Further reading

• balas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Balas on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

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/ [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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlas/, [bɐˈlas]
• Hyphenation: 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalas/, [ˈba.lɐs]
• 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

• 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^[1], Pacific linguistics