noun, masculine/abaˈloɾjo/plural: abalorios
glass bead; trinket; bauble (jewelry of little value)
Etymology tree Pali veḷuriyabor. Middle Persian bylwl (/*bēlūr/) Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor. Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic 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