abalorio

Spanish

Etymology

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    Pali veḷuriyabor.
    Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)
    Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.
    Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)
    Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
    Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy)bor.
    Spanish abalorio

    Borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy). The Royal Spanish Academy postulates that it came to Arabic from Tamil but notes that similar terms are found in other South Asian languages, including Persian and Sanskrit.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /abaˈloɾjo/ [a.β̞aˈlo.ɾjo]
    • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
    • Rhymes: -oɾjo
    • Syllabification: a‧ba‧lo‧rio

    Noun

    abalorio m (plural abalorios)

    1. glass bead
    2. trinket; bauble (jewelry of little value)

    Descendants

    • → Tagalog: abaloryo

    References

    1. ^ Corriente, Federico (11 March 2019), “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014‎[1] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy, archived from the original on 17 December 2020

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