# 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: /ˈbaləs/

### Noun

balas (plural balases)
* (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
### Anagrams

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

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* bas — dialectal

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /baˈlas/ [bɐˈl̪as̪]
* (l-eliding dialects) IPA: /ˈba(ː)s/ [ˈba(ː)s̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧las

### Noun

balás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
* sand
    Synonym: bunbon

## Galician
### Noun

balas
* plural of bala

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English balance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bá.làs/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bə́.làs]

### Noun

balàs m
* (financial) balance
* payment due for work done

## Higaonon
### Noun

balas
* sand

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

balás
* sand

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ba‧las

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”).

#### Noun

balas (plural balas-balas)
* answer
    Synonym: jawaban
* response
    Synonyms: tanggapan, respon
* (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

Borrowed from Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

#### Noun

balas (plural balas-balas)
* ballast,
** (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
** (rail transport) coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete
* (figurative) baggage, something that hampers functioning

### 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: /bəˈlas/ [bəˈläs]
* Hyphenation: ba‧las

### Noun

balas
* sand

## Latin
### Verb

bālās
* second-person singular present active indicative of bālō

## Lithuanian
### Adjective

bãlas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4
* 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: /balas/
* Rhymes: -alas, -las, -as
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -is

### Verb

balas (Jawi spelling بالس)
* 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; et al. (2023) “*bales₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

balas
* bush

## Occitan
### Noun

balas
* plural of bala

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish bala (plural balas). First attested in 1461–1467.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /balʲas/
* IPA: (15th CE) /balʲas/
* Homophone: balaz

### Noun

balas m animacy unattested
* (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 (“baluster”)
* Silesian: balas

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “balas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “balas”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
   * B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “balas”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.las/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈba.las/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /ˈba.las/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ba‧las

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish balas.

#### Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balaska or balasik)
* (architecture) baluster
    Synonym: tralka
* (Middle Polish, in the plural) turned furniture legs
* (Sącz Lach) church partition (partition in a church, separating the nave from the sanctuary)

#### Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek)
* (colloquial) chocolate hot dog (long piece of fecal matter)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ballas.

#### Noun

balas m inan (diminutive balasek)
* (Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone

##### Declension
### Further reading

* balas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* balas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “balas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Dorota Adamiec (27.09.2009) “BALAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “balas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 87
* M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Balas on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource $^{pl}$
* balas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “balas”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

balas f
* plural of bala

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

balas
* second-person singular present indicative of balar
* second-person singular present subjunctive of balir

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish balas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.las/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ba‧las

### Noun

balas m inan
* sawhorse for drying hay

### Further reading

* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “balas”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 38

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ba‧las

### Noun

balas
* plural of bala

### Verb

balas
* 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

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlas/ [bɐˈlas]
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: ba‧las

#### Noun

balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
* coarse granulated sugar; crystallized syrup
* coarse grains of starch
* northwind

##### Related terms

* sabalas

##### See also

* balaklaot

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbalas/ [ˈbaː.lɐs]
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ba‧las

#### Noun

balas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)
* 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

### Anagrams

* labas, salba, balsa, sabal, salab

## West Makian
### Etymology

From Malay balas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.l̪as̪/

### Verb

balas
* (intransitive) to avenge, to pay back

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics