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Where does “բալ” come from?

բալ (Middle Armenian) comes from Persian بالو, from Italian ballo, from Italian ballare, from Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

բալ (Middle Armenian): sweet cherry; sour cherry

Definitions

  1. sweet cherry; sour cherry

Ancestry of “բալ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبالوcherry
2Italianballodance, ball; first-person singular present...
3Italianballareto dance; to fidget; to totter, wobble, shake
4Latinballāre—
5Ancient Greekβαλλίζωto dance, jump about
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “բալ”

  • բալենի
  • բալ
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