# balon
## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Cebuano balon, Ilocano balon and Tagalog baon).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalon/ [ˈba.l̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

bálon (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* lunch money, pocket money

##### Derived terms

* balonon
* magbalon
* pabalon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog balon.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlon/ [baˈl̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* well (for water)
    Synonym: bubon

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish balón or English balloon.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlon/ [baˈl̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* balloon
    Synonyms: globo, butog, palibutog

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* bawon

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Ilocano balon Tagalog baon).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano, Leyte, Bohol) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈl̪on̪]
* (Metro Cebu) IPA: /baˈwon/ [bɐˈwon̪]
* (Surigao) IPA: /baˈjon/ [bɐˈjon̪]
* Rhymes: -on̪, -aʊ̯n̪
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Noun

balon
* money, food, or other provisions taken to school, work, or on a journey
* lunch money or pocket money

### Verb

balon
* to bring or carry money, food or other provisions
* to learn a lesson or heed an advice before or during a journey

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:balon.

## Esperanto
### Noun

balon
* accusative singular of balo

## Friulian
### Noun

balon m
* football

## Hungarian
### Etymology

bal +‎ -on (case suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒlon]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Adjective

balon
* superessive singular of bal

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Cebuano balon Tagalog baon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalun/, [ˈbalon]
* Hyphenation: bá‧lon

### Noun

bálon
* provisions; food, money or supplies brought on a journey or outside home

#### Derived terms

* agbalon
* balunan
* balunen
* managibalon

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbalɔn/ [ˈba.lɔn]
* Rhymes: -alɔn
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

### Etymology 1

From Dutch ballon. Cognate with Malay belon.

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon)
* balloon (an inflatable buoyant object)
* (figurative, obsolete) news
    Synonym: kabar

##### Derived terms

* balon pandu (“pilot balloon”)
* balon percobaan (“trial balloon”)

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from Javanese.

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)
* (dialectal or obsolete) Synonym of pelacur (“whore”)

### Etymology 3

Blend of bakal +‎ calon

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)
* Acronym of bakal calon (“prospective candidate, aspirant”).

### Further reading

* “balon” 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.

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

balon m
* balloon

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from northern Italian balone, ballone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.lɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alɔn
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

### Noun

balon m inan (diminutive balonik or balonek)
* (aviation) balloon (inflatable and buoyant object)
* balloon (child's toy)
* hot-air balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
* balloon (type of glass cup)
* (colloquial, humorous) female breast
    Synonym: melon

#### Derived terms

* baloniarski
* baloniasty
* balonikowy
* balonowaty
* balonowy
* baloniasto
* balon próbny
* balonfok
* baloniarstwo
* baloniarz
* balonik
* balonikowanie
* balonówka
* guma balonowa
* rata balonowa
* pompować balon impf, napompować balon pf

#### Related terms

* balonet

### Further reading

* balon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* balon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ballon.

### Noun

balon n (plural baloane)
* balloon (child’s toy)
* balloon; hot air balloon
* (sports) ball

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎloːn/
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Noun

bàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ло̄н)
* balloon

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* (water) well
* excavation; deep digging

##### Alternative forms

* bal-on — dialectal, Southern Tagalog

##### Derived terms

* balon-balon
* magbalon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish balón.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* balloon
    Synonym: lobo
* ream (of paper)
    Synonym: resma
* bale (of paper)
    Synonym: paldo

### Further reading

* “balon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* labon

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالون (balon), from French ballon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ɫɔn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balon (definite accusative balonu, plural balonlar)
* balloon

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
balon
balonlar
definite accusative
balonu
balonları
dative
balona
balonlara
locative
balonda
balonlarda
ablative
balondan
balonlardan
genitive
balonun
balonların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
balonum
balonlarım
2nd singular
balonun
balonların
3rd singular
balonu
balonları
1st plural
balonumuz
balonlarımız
2nd plural
balonunuz
balonlarınız
3rd plural
balonları
balonları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
balonumu
balonlarımı
2nd singular
balonunu
balonlarını
3rd singular
balonunu
balonlarını
1st plural
balonumuzu
balonlarımızı
2nd plural
balonunuzu
balonlarınızı
3rd plural
balonlarını
balonlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
balonuma
balonlarıma
2nd singular
balonuna
balonlarına
3rd singular
balonuna
balonlarına
1st plural
balonumuza
balonlarımıza
2nd plural
balonunuza
balonlarınıza
3rd plural
balonlarına
balonlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
balonumda
balonlarımda
2nd singular
balonunda
balonlarında
3rd singular
balonunda
balonlarında
1st plural
balonumuzda
balonlarımızda
2nd plural
balonunuzda
balonlarınızda
3rd plural
balonlarında
balonlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
balonumdan
balonlarımdan
2nd singular
balonundan
balonlarından
3rd singular
balonundan
balonlarından
1st plural
balonumuzdan
balonlarımızdan
2nd plural
balonunuzdan
balonlarınızdan
3rd plural
balonlarından
balonlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
balonumun
balonlarımın
2nd singular
balonunun
balonlarının
3rd singular
balonunun
balonlarının
1st plural
balonumuzun
balonlarımızın
2nd plural
balonunuzun
balonlarınızın
3rd plural
balonlarının
balonlarının :