Balas Definition

băləs
noun
A rose-red to orange spinel used as a semiprecious gem, once confused with the ruby.
American Heritage
A pink or orange type of ruby spinel, a semiprecious stone.
Webster's New World

(archaic) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby (now usually used attributively: balas-ruby).

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Origin of Balas

  • From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بلخش (balaxš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French balais and from Old Spanish balax both akin to Medieval Latin balascus from Arabic balaḫš from Persian Badakhshān , a region of northeast Afghanistan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Balas Sentence Examples

  • In 153 Alexander Balas withdrew Jonathan from his allegiance to Demetrius by the offer of the high-priesthood.

  • After the death of Balas he laid siege to the Akra; and " the apostates, who hated their own nation," appealed to Demetrius.

  • An impostor, who claimed to be a son of Antiochus Epiphanes, Alexander Balas (reigned 150-145), was installed as king by Ptolemy Philometor and given Ptolemy's daughter Cleopatra to wife, but Alexander proved to be dissolute and incapable, and when Demetrius, the son of Demetrius I., was brought back to Syria by Cretan condottieri, Ptolemy transferred his support and Cleopatra to the rightful heir.

  • Nicator (first reign 145-140) was a mere boy,' and the misgovernment of his Cretan supporters led to the infant son of Alexander Balas, Antiochus Vi.

  • It contains 1300 great pearls, 400 garnets, 90 amethysts, 300 sapphires, 300 emeralds, 15 rubies, 75 balas rubies, 4 topazes, 2 cameos; the gems, except where they have been replaced, are cut en cabochon.

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