Georgian

Noun

ბალი • ‎(bali) ‎(plural ბალები)

1. cherry
2. sweet cherry

Descendants

• Ossetian: бал ‎(bal)
• Hunzib: бали́, багӏли́

References

• Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 7
• penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 92
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935

Etymology 2

From French balle, possibly via Russian балл ‎(ball)

Noun

ბალი • ‎(bali) ‎(plural ბალები)

1. (in describing wave, wind etc.) point
2. (in compounds) mark, grade, score

Etymology 3

From French bal

Noun

ბალი • ‎(bali) ‎(plural ბალები)

1. ball, dance