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Balin stone

noun

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 巴林石 (bālínshí), from 巴林 (Bālín, “Baarin (a southern Mongolian tribe)”) + 石 (shí, “stone”), from Manchu ᠪᠠᡵᡳᠨ (barin), from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ (baɣarin), so named for being quarried in the traditional territory of the Baarins.

  1. derived from ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ
  2. derived from ᠪᠠᡵᡳᠨ

Definitions

  1. A type of pyrophyllite from Inner Mongolia

    A type of pyrophyllite from Inner Mongolia; traditionally used in the Chinese art of seal engraving.

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