# բալ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /bɑl/, [bɑl]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /pɑl/, [pʰɑl]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Armenian բալ (bal), from Persian بالو (bâlu).

#### Noun

բալ • (bal)
* sour cherry (fruit)

##### See also

* կեռաս (keṙas)

### Etymology 2

The literary sense "fog" is a learned borrowing from Old Armenian բալ (bal). The dialectal sense is inherited from the same, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥H-i-, from *bʰel- (“shiny, white”).

#### Noun

բալ • (bal)
* fog
* (dialectal) white fleck

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball).

#### Noun

բալ • (bal)
* point, mark, grade, score, magnitude
    6 բալ ուժգնությամբ երկրաշարժ ― 6 bal užgnutʻyamb erkrašarž ― a 6 magnitude earthquake

##### Alternative forms

* բալլ (ball) — dated

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal).

#### Noun

բալ • (bal) (colloquial)
* ball, dance
    Synonym: պարահանդես (parahandes)

##### Declension
## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

From Persian بالو (bâlu).

### Noun

բալ • (bal), genitive singular բալի (bali)
* sweet cherry (fruit)
* sour cherry (fruit)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: բալ (bal)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 263
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “բալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 105b

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥H-i-, from *bʰel- (“shiny, white”).

#### Noun

բալ • (bal)
* fog, mist
* (rare) cloud of smoke
* (as an adjective, of sight) hazy, dim

##### Derived terms

* բալաձեւ (balajew)
* բալաձիգ (balajig)
* բալատեսակ (balatesak)
* բալատեսիլ (balatesil)
* բալգոյն (balgoyn)
* բալեցուցանեմ (balecʻucʻanem)
* բալէշ (balēš)
* բալուտ (balut)
* բաղաձեւ (bałajew)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: բալ (bal)

#### References

* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 162

#### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

բալ • (bal)
* infinitive of բամ (bam)