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balas

/ˈbaləs/

balas noun: a type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

Noun

balas (plural balases)

  1. (archaic, attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

Proper noun capitalized: Balas

Balas

  1. A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

balas meaning in Tamil

balas in Tamil

கெம்புக்கல் வகை, நிகழ்கால முன்னிலை ஒருமை

Forms of balas

pluralbalases
alternative formbalace
alternative formbalass
alternative formballace

Origin of balas

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.

Words formed from balas

Phrases with balas

Questions about balas

What does balas mean?
Balas means a type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
What is balas in Tamil?
Balas in Tamil is கெம்புக்கல் வகை, நிகழ்கால முன்னிலை ஒருமை. See Balas meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is balas?
Balas can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce balas?
Balas is pronounced /ˈbaləs/.
What is the plural of balas?
The plural of balas is balases.

Words near balas in the dictionary

  1. balaos
  2. balaphone
  3. balaphones
  4. balapiravir
  5. Balarama
  6. balas
  7. balas rubies
  8. balas ruby
  9. balas-rubies
  10. balas-ruby
  11. balase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balas (page history and authors); Balas (page history and authors); balas (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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