# balbal

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæl.bəl/

## Definitions
1. In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, a stone laid at the tomb of a warrior which symbolized an enemy they had killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balbal