بالة

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Spanish pala.

Noun

بالة (bāla) f (plural بالات (bālāt))

winnowing shovel

References

Stuhlmann, Franz (1912) Ein kulturgeschichtlicher Ausflug in den Aures (Atlas von Süd-Algerien): nebst Betrachtungen über die Berber-Völker (Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts; X)‎^[1] (in German), Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co., page 173b

Arabic

Alternative forms

بَآلَة (baʔāla), بَأْلَة (baʔla)

Etymology

Via an Aramaic dialect form equivalent Classical Syriac ܒܠܬܐ (balləṯā, “perfume flask, ampulla”) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/, “goblet, chalice, cup”), which is in Persian (piyâla) and thence has been reborrowed in Arabic dialects as بيالة (biyāla, “cup”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baː.la/

Noun

بَالَة • (bāla) f (plural بَالَات (bālāt) or بَال (bāl))

(obsolete, Banū al-Ḥāriṯ and few other dialects) a large flask, flagon, bottle
Synonyms: فِلَسْقِيَّة (filasqiyya), قِنِّينَة (qinnīna), زُجَاجَة (zujāja), قَارُورَة (qārūra)
- a. 786, Kitāb al-ʿAyn:
  والبألة: القارورة بلغة بلحارث، وهي بالنّبطية بالتّاء.
  Al-baʾla is the flask in the dialect of the Balḥāriṯ, and in Nabataean with [trailing] t.
- 2015 May 25, “ازيثروميسين اقراص مضاد حيوي فعال Azithromycin tablets”, in Al-ʾAjzaḵāna‎^[2]:
  اشكال الدواء
  ١- مسحوق للحل ( للزرق ) معبأ في قارورة ( بالة ) : 500 مغ.
  Dosage
  Grinding or dissolving, filling into a flask: 500 mg

Declension

Declension of noun **بَالَة** (bāla)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَالَة bāla	الْبَالَة al-bāla	بَالَة bālat
nominative	بَالَةٌ bālatun	الْبَالَةُ al-bālatu	بَالَةُ bālatu
accusative	بَالَةً bālatan	الْبَالَةَ al-bālata	بَالَةَ bālata
genitive	بَالَةٍ bālatin	الْبَالَةِ al-bālati	بَالَةِ bālati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَالَتَيْن bālatayn	الْبَالَتَيْن al-bālatayn	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
nominative	بَالَتَانِ bālatāni	الْبَالَتَانِ al-bālatāni	بَالَتَا bālatā
accusative	بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni	الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
genitive	بَالَتَيْنِ bālatayni	الْبَالَتَيْنِ al-bālatayni	بَالَتَيْ bālatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَالَات‎; بَال bālāt‎; bāl	الْبَالَات‎; الْبَال al-bālāt‎; al-bāl	بَالَات‎; بَال bālāt‎; bāl
nominative	بَالَاتٌ‎; بَالٌ bālātun‎; bālun	الْبَالَاتُ‎; الْبَالُ al-bālātu‎; al-bālu	بَالَاتُ‎; بَالُ bālātu‎; bālu
accusative	بَالَاتٍ‎; بَالًا bālātin‎; bālan	الْبَالَاتِ‎; الْبَالَ al-bālāti‎; al-bāla	بَالَاتِ‎; بَالَ bālāti‎; bāla
genitive	بَالَاتٍ‎; بَالٍ bālātin‎; bālin	الْبَالَاتِ‎; الْبَالِ al-bālāti‎; al-bāli	بَالَاتِ‎; بَالِ bālāti‎; bāli

References

Elmaz, Orhan (2014) “Investigating South Arabian words in al-Khalīl's Kitāb al-ʿayn”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies‎^[3], volume 44, Supplement: Language of Southern Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013, Oxford: Archaeopress, page 34a
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 81
“pyly²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“blh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Spanish pala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baː.la/

Noun

بالة • (bāla) f (plural بالات (bālāt))

shovel