Armenian

Noun

բալ • ‎(bal)

1. sour cherry (fruit)

Declension

See also

• կեռաս ‎(keṙas)

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բալ ‎(bal); see it for more.

Noun

բալ • ‎(bal)

1. fog
2. (dialectal) white fleck

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian بالو ‎(bālū).

Noun

բալ • ‎(bal), genitive singular բալի ‎(bali)

1. sweet cherry (fruit)
2. sour cherry (fruit)

Descendants

• Armenian: բալ ‎(bal)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “բալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 105b

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰlH-i-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φαλός ‎(phalós, “white”), Latvian bāls ‎(“pale”), balts ‎(“white”), Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ ‎(bělŭ) (Russian белый ‎(belyj)). See also բիլ ‎(bil).

Noun

բալ • ‎(bal)

1. fog, mist
2. (rare) cloud of smoke
3. (as an adjective, of sight) hazy, dim

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բալ ‎(bal)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 162

Etymology 2

Verb

բալ • ‎(bal)

1. infinitive of բամ ‎(bam)

Declension