بللور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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    Pali veḷuriyabor.
    Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)
    Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.
    Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)bor.
    Ottoman Turkish بللور

    Borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal; rock crystal”), from Classical Persian بلور (billōr, “crystal”), ultimately from Pali veḷuriya (“lapis lazuli”).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    بللور • (billur or bıllur) (definite accusative بللوری (billuru, bılluru), plural بللورلر (billurlar, bıllurlar))

    1. rock crystal, clear quartz, a clear, colorless form of the mineral quartz
      Synonyms: آبكینه (abgîne), صرچه (sırça)
    2. crystal, cut glass, a fine type of glass that has been cut using an abrasive wheel
      Synonym: آبكینه (abgîne)

    Derived terms

    • بللور اولمق (billur olmak, “to crystalize”)
    • بللور طاغی (billur dağı, “Mount Beloor”)
    • بللور كبی (billur gibi, “transparent; brilliant”)
    • بللورجی (billurcu, “maker or seller of articles in cut glass”)
    • بللورسز (billursuz, “imperceptible”)
    • بللوری (billurî, “of crystal”)

    Descendants

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

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