بلور

Arabic

بلَّور

Etymology

From Early New Persian (billōr, “crystal”).

Pronunciation

(classic) IPA^(key): /bil.lawr/
(colloquial also) IPA^(key): /bil.luːr/

Noun

بِلَّوْر • (billawr) m (collective, singulative بِلَّوْرَة f (billawra))

crystal
rock crystal, quartz (originally)

Declension

Declension of noun بِلَّوْر (billawr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْر billawr	الْبِلَّوْر al-billawr	بِلَّوْر billawr
Nominative	بِلَّوْرٌ billawrun	الْبِلَّوْرُ al-billawru	بِلَّوْرُ billawru
Accusative	بِلَّوْرًا billawran	الْبِلَّوْرَ al-billawra	بِلَّوْرَ billawra
Genitive	بِلَّوْرٍ billawrin	الْبِلَّوْرِ al-billawri	بِلَّوْرِ billawri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَة billawra	الْبِلَّوْرَة al-billawra	بِلَّوْرَة billawrat
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَةٌ billawratun	الْبِلَّوْرَةُ al-billawratu	بِلَّوْرَةُ billawratu
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَةً billawratan	الْبِلَّوْرَةَ al-billawrata	بِلَّوْرَةَ billawrata
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَةٍ billawratin	الْبِلَّوْرَةِ al-billawrati	بِلَّوْرَةِ billawrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَتَيْن billawratayn	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْن al-billawratayn	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَتَانِ billawratāni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَانِ al-billawratāni	بِلَّوْرَتَا billawratā
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ billawratayni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ al-billawratayni	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ billawratayni	الْبِلَّوْرَتَيْنِ al-billawratayni	بِلَّوْرَتَيْ billawratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِلَّوْرَات billawrāt	الْبِلَّوْرَات al-billawrāt	بِلَّوْرَات billawrāt
Nominative	بِلَّوْرَاتٌ billawrātun	الْبِلَّوْرَاتُ al-billawrātu	بِلَّوْرَاتُ billawrātu
Accusative	بِلَّوْرَاتٍ billawrātin	الْبِلَّوْرَاتِ al-billawrāti	بِلَّوْرَاتِ billawrāti
Genitive	بِلَّوْرَاتٍ billawrātin	الْبِلَّوْرَاتِ al-billawrāti	بِلَّوْرَاتِ billawrāti

Descendants

→ Amharic: በሉር (bälur)
→ Middle Armenian: պլօր (plōr), պիլօր (pilōr)
→ Galician: abelorio
→ Ge'ez: ብሉር (bəlur)
→ Gujarati: બિલોર (bilor)
→ Hindi: बिल्लौर (billaur)
→ Ottoman Turkish: بلور (billur)
- Turkish: billur
- → Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
- → Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
- → Crimean Tatar: billur
→ Punjabi: ਬਲੌਰ (balaur)
→ Portuguese: avelório
→ Spanish: abalorio
→ Tigre: በሉር (bälur), በኑር (bänur)
→ Uzbek: billur

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بِلُّور (billūr).

Pronunciation

(15th–17th century) IPA^(key): [bɯˈɫːuɾ], [bɯˈɫuɾ]
(18th–20th century) IPA^(key): [biˈɫːuɾ]

Noun

بلور • (bıllur, billur)

crystal

Descendants

Turkish: billur
→ Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
→ Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
→ Crimean Tatar: billur

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 884

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bylwl /⁠*bēlūr⁠/, “crystal”), from Pali veḷuriya. Compare Parthian [Term?] (byrwl /⁠*bērūl⁠/, “crystal”) and Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bi.ˈloːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.lúːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.lɵ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bilōr

Iranian reading^?	bolur
Tajik reading^?	bulür

Noun

بلور • (bolur)


Iranian Persian	بلور
Dari	بلور
Tajik	булӯр

crystal

Derived terms

بلورنگاری (bolur-negâri)

Related terms

بلورین (bolurin)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بِلَّوْر (billawr)
- → Amharic: በሉር (bälur)
- → Middle Armenian: պլօր (plōr), պիլօր (pilōr)
- → Galician: abelorio
- → Ge'ez: ብሉር (bəlur)
- → Gujarati: બિલોર (bilor)
- → Hindi: बिल्लौर (billaur)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بلور (billur)
  - Turkish: billur
  - → Bulgarian: билю́р (biljúr)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: bìljūr / бѝљӯр
  - → Crimean Tatar: billur
- → Punjabi: ਬਲੌਰ (balaur)
- → Portuguese: avelório
- → Spanish: abalorio
- → Tigre: በሉር (bälur), በኑር (bänur)
- → Uzbek: billur
→ Malay: balur
- Indonesian: balur

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēlūr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
Franke, Otto (1893) “Beziehungen der Inder zum Westen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 47, page 600

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