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بلس

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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A borrowing from probably Old South Arabian, found also in Amharic / Tigrinya / Tigre / Gurage / Ge'ez በለስ (bäläs, fig) which passed into Saho በለስ (balas) and Blin በለሳ (bäläsa) and hapax in the Amos 7, 14 Hebrew בֹּולֵס (bōlēs, nipping the unripe sycomore to further its ripening, active participle); no further cognates are known if not Egyptian nbs (Ziziphus spina-christi tree and fruit) compared by Koehler-Baumgartner.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَلَس (balasm (collective, singulative بَلَسَة f (balasa)) (Yemen)

  1. fig (tree and fruit)
  2. Indian fig, prickly pear (plant and fruit)
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Etymology 2

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Elsewhere عَدَس (ʕadas), of which also Arabic عَلَس (ʕalas, emmer) is a variant.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bu.lus/, /buls/, /bils/

Noun

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بُلُس or بُلْس or بِلْس (bulus or buls or bilsm (collective, singulative بُلُسَة f (bulusa) or بُلْسَة (bulsa) or بِلْسَة (bilsa)) (Yemen)

  1. lentils
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References

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Burushaski

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَلَس (balas?

  1. bird

References

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  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “balas”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Malay

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Numeral

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بلس

  1. Jawi spelling of belas