"balbal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæl.bəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-balbal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: balbals [plural]
Rhymes: -ælbəl Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|otk|𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞|tr=balbal}} Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), {{der|en|xgn}} Mongolic Head templates: {{en-noun}} balbal (plural balbals)
  1. (historical) In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, a stone laid at the tomb of a warrior which symbolized an enemy they killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain. Tags: historical Translations (Translations): балбал (balbal) (Kazakh), балбал (balbal) (Mongolian), балба́л (balbál) [masculine] (Russian), балба́л (balbál) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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