بليج

Arabic

بلِّيج

Alternative forms

  • بَالِج‎ (bālij)
  • بَلَنْج‎ (balanj) – taṣḥīf, after Hindi पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”)

Etymology

From Malay bilik / بيليق‎ (“cabin of a junk”), from Min Nan 峇厘 (bâ-lî, “cabin of a junk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bil.liːd͡ʒ/ and IPA(key): /bal.liːd͡ʒ/

Noun

بِلِّيج or بَلِّيج • (billīj or ballīj) m (plural بَلَالِيج‎ (balālīj))

  1. (obsolete) cabin on a ship

Declension

Descendants

  • → Judeo-Arabic: כליג‎ (balīj)

References

  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 370
  • Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018-10-18) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 202 and 265
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