balas

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/ˈbaləs/

noun

A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

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balas ruby
OriginOld English bales ← Old French balais ← Arabic بَلَخْش →
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Meanings

balas1

nounbalas (plural balases)

plural balases · alternative balace · alternative balass · alternative ballace

  1. archaicattributiveA type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

Balas2

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel

Similar
balas ruby
Broader
spinel rubyruby spinel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Persianبلخش
  2. Arabicبَلَخْش
  3. Old Frenchbalais
  4. Old Englishbales
  5. Englishbalas

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

basalbalsasabal
Cite this entry
APA

balas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balas

MLA

“balas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balas.

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