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بَالَةٌ

Root: بول

Full Definition

بَالَةٌ A [flask, or bottle, such as is called] قَارُورَة: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ .
2 A [bag such as is called] جِرَاب, small and large, in which mush is put: or the receptacle of perfume: a Persian word, arabicized; in Persian بِيْلَه, or بَالَه: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ .
3 It is said to signify also An odour; a smell; on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer; from بَلَوْتُهُ meaning “ I smelled it, and tried, proved, or tested, it; ” originally بَلْوَةٌ; the و being transposed, and changed into ا.
4 And A staff with a pointed iron at the end, used by the hunters of El-Basrah, who throw it at the game: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ .
5 And hence it is applied by the vulgar to A small elongated sword.

def.2 It is also an Verbal.Noun of بَالَى, which see in its proper art.
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