abalorio

Meaning

1. (masculine) glass bead
2. (masculine) trinket; bauble (jewelry of little value)

Concepts

bead

beading

beads

pearl

beadwork

astragal

trinket

Synonyms

cuenta

🔢

chaquira

collar

grano

perla

adorno de cuentas

astrágalo

mullo

junquillo

pacotilla

Translations

Perle

kraal

perlina

perle

conta

miçanga

graine

χάντρα

margarita

verroterie

baca

parel

Glasperle

pacotille

πέρλα

Hyphenated as

a‧ba‧lo‧rio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/abaˈloɾjo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: بِلَّوْرِيّ

In summary

Etymology tree
Pali veḷuriyabor.
Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)
Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.
Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)
Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy)bor.
Spanish abalorio
Borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
The Royal Spanish Academy postulates that it came to Arabic from Tamil but notes that similar terms are found in other South Asian languages, including Persian and Sanskrit.