بَالَةٌ

1.
A [flask, or bottle, such as is called] قَارُورَة: (M, K:) plural [or rather coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ. (TA.)
2.
A [bag such as is called] جِرَاب, (T,M, K,) small and large, in which mush is put: (T:) or (M [in the K “ and ”]) the receptacle of perfume: (S, M, K:) a Persian word, (S, M,) arabicized; (S;) in Persian بِيْلَه, (T, S, M,) or بَالَه: (M:) plural [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ. (T.)
3.
It is said to signify also An odour; a smell; (T;) on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer; (TA;) from بَلَوْتُهُ meaning “ I smelled it, and tried, proved, or tested, it; ” originally بَلْوَةٌ; the و being transposed, and changed into ا. (T.)
4.
And A staff with a pointed iron at the end, used by the hunters of El-Basrah, who throw it at the game: plural [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ. (T, TA.)
5.
And hence it is applied by the vulgar to A small elongated sword. (TA.)
6.
It is also a verbal noun of بَالَى, which see in its proper article (TK.)

Perseus ID: n3571