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بلر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a transparent, white substance, often associated with glass or crystals. It also extends to describe a large, brave man, and a specific title for a great Indian king.

Derived headwords

اَلْبَلُّورُnoun
  1. 1.
    Crystalboth

    A transparent, white, crystalline substance, often known and white and clear. It is considered a type of glass.

  2. 2.
    Large, brave manclassical

    A man who is large and courageous. This meaning is derived from a description of a physical characteristic.

  3. 3.
    Great Indian kingclassical

    A title referring to a great king of India. This is a variant pronunciation or usage.

بَلُّورَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Crystal (singular)both

    The singular form of 'crystal', referring to a single piece or unit of the crystalline substance.

بِلْهُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Crystalclassical

    A variant term for crystal, a transparent, white substance.

  2. 2.
    Great Indian kingclassical

    A title for a great king of India, used interchangeably with 'al-ballūr'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وقال الصغاني: هو (كتنور وسنور وسبطر) وهاذه عن ابن الأعرابي، وهو مخفف اللام: (جوهر م) ، أي معروف أبيض شفاف، واحدته بلورة، وقيل: هو نوع من الزجاج.
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Saghani said: It is (like tunur, sunur, and sibtar), and these are from Ibn al-A'rabi, and it is with a lightened lam: (a substance, m.), meaning a known, white, transparent substance, its singular is ballurah, and it is said: it is a type of glass.
وفي التهذيب عن ابن الأعرابي: البلور (كسنور) : الرجل (الضخم الشجاع)
And in Al-Tahdhib from Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-ballūr (like sunūr): the man (who is large and brave)
لا يحبنا أهل البيت الأحدب الموجه، ولا الأعور البلورة
The humpbacked and prominent-faced, nor the one-eyed with protruding eyes, do not love us, the People of the House.
قال أبو عمر والزاهد: هو الذي عينه ناتئة.
Abu Umar al-Zahid said: It is he whose eye is protruding.
قال ابن الأثير: هاكذا شرحه ولم يذكر أصله.
Ibn al-Athir said: This is how it was explained, and he did not mention its origin.
والبلور، كتنور: (العظيم من ملوك الهند) ، لغة في بلهور.
And al-ballūr, like tunūr: (the great one among the kings of India), a variant for billūr.