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5-letter words (6 found)

ALBAS,BAALS,BALAS,BALSA,BASAL,SABAL,

4-letter words (10 found)

AALS,ABAS,ALAS,ALBA,ALBS,BAAL,BAAS,BALS,LABS,SLAB,

3-letter words (14 found)

AAL,AAS,ABA,ABS,ALA,ALB,ALS,BAA,BAL,BAS,LAB,LAS,SAB,SAL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AB,AL,AS,BA,LA,

You can make 36 words from balas according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of balas

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Definitions and meaning of balas

balas

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

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

Compounds

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 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

balas 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
  • Rhymes: -is

Verb

balas (Jawi spelling بالس)

  1. to reply; to respond; to answer
    Synonyms: jawab, sahut
    Antonyms: pulau, tanya, soal

Derived terms

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

Noun

balas m animacy unattested

  1. (architecture) baluster

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/
  • 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

References

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

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

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