balaix

From Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš) (possibly via Old French balais), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlaʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈlajʃ]

balaix m (plural balaixos)

1. balas-ruby (transparent pink variety of spinel)

• espinel·la

• Badakhxan

• “balaix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007