"balas-ruby" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: balas-rubies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} balas-ruby (plural balas-rubies)
  1. A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby. Categories (topical): Gems Translations (variety of ruby): rubis balais [masculine] (French), Balas-Rubin [masculine] (German), balascio [masculine] (Italian), balascus (english: medieval) [masculine] (Latin), بدخش (badaxš) (Persian), balaje (Spanish), balaj (Spanish)

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