balani

balani

1. plural of balanus

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ni

balani

1. (archaic) strong

balánì

1. magnet, magnetism

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.ni/
• Rhymes: -alani
• Hyphenation: bà‧la‧ni

balani m

1. plural of balano

balanī

1. inflection of balanus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

• balani in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Ellipsis of batubalani (“magnet”), from Malay batu berani (“magnet”, literally “brave stone”). Doublet of bayani.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaniʔ/ [bɐˈlaː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aniʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ni

balanì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈᜒ)

1. magnetism
2. magnet; lodestone

   Synonym: batubalani

3. (figurative) charm; magnet

   Synonyms: gayuma, bighani

4. (physics) gravity

   Synonym: grabedad

• “balani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• balina, balian