pearl

Etymology
From, from of uncertain etymology. Probably via unattested, from but also derived from , from. Its typographic use follows the name given by to the type used in his miniature editions of, , & the  in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time. Its surfing use derives from the supposed resemblance to pearl diving.

Noun

 * 1) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
 * 2)  Something precious.
 * 3) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
 * 4) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
 * 5) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
 * 6) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
 * 7) A light-colored tern.
 * 8) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
 * 9)  The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
 * 10) A fringe or border.
 * 11)  A jewel or gem.
 * 12) * 1635, Douay Rheims Bible, Proverbs 20:15
 * There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.
 * 1)  A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or  that is operationally useful for decision-making.
 * 2)   The clitoris.
 * 3)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
 * 1)  A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or  that is operationally useful for decision-making.
 * 2)   The clitoris.
 * 3)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
 * 1)   The clitoris.
 * 2)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
 * 1)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
 * 1)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
 * 1)  Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.

Translations

 * Abaza: налкъвыт-налма́с, налькъвыт-нальма́с
 * Adyghe: налмэс-налкъут, налъкъут
 * Afrikaans: pêrel
 * Albanian:
 * Alemannic German: Pärla
 * Amharic: ሉል
 * Arabic: لُؤْلُؤَة,
 * Gulf Arabic: لولو
 * Aragonese: perla
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: ,
 * Avar: маргъал
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Baluchi: گوھر
 * Bashkir: ынйы
 * Basque: perla, altiste
 * Bats: მარგალიტ, მარგლიტ
 * Belarusian: жэ́мчуг, жо́мчуг, зе́мчуг, пэ́рла, жамчу́жына
 * Bengali:
 * Biatah Bidayuh: mutiyaraa
 * Bulgarian:, , маргари́т
 * Burmese:
 * Buryat: субад
 * Carpathian Rusyn: бисерниови
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏓᎬᎾ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 珍珠
 * Dungan: җынҗў
 * Eastern Min: 珍珠
 * Hakka: 珍珠
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 珍珠
 * Chuvash: ӗнчӗ, мерчен
 * Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲅⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ
 * Cornish: perl
 * Corsican: perla, perula
 * Czech:
 * Danish: perle
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: жемчуг
 * Esperanto: perlo
 * Estonian: pärl
 * Evenki: жемчуг
 * Farefare: kug-sõnnɛ
 * Faroese: perla
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: perle
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μαργαρίτης
 * Pontic: μαργαριτάρ
 * Haitian Creole: pèl
 * Hausa: lu'ulu'u
 * Hawaiian: momi
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: helmi
 * Interlingua: perla
 * Irish: péarla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: сувсн
 * Karachay-Balkar: инджи
 * Kazakh: інжу, мерүерт
 * Khmer:, មុក្តា, , គជ់ខ្យង
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: инжи
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: margarita
 * Latvian: pērle
 * Laz: moni, zenişi
 * Lezgi: гевгьер, инжи
 * Lithuanian: perlas
 * Livonian: pǟrlõz
 * Lombard: pèrla
 * Luxembourgish: Pärel
 * Macedonian: бисер
 * Malay: mutiara
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: ġawhra
 * Manchu: ᠨᡳᠴᡠᡥᡝ, ᡨᠠᠨᠠ
 * Maori: peara
 * Maranao: tipay
 * Mari: ракывод шырча, жемчуг
 * Mirandese: perla
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠪᠤᠳ
 * Nahuatl: epyollotli, yepyollotli
 * Nepali:
 * Northern Altai: чиндьи
 * Northern Sami: bearal
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic: бисьръ
 * Old English: meregrot
 * Old Javanese: maṇi
 * Ossetian: дзындз, абырлаш
 * Ottoman Turkish: اینجو, در, مروارید
 * Pali: muttā
 * Pashto: مرغلره
 * Persian: ,
 * Piedmontese: perla
 * Plautdietsch: Parl
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਮੋਤੀ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: perla
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samoan: penina
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: perela, perella
 * Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бѝсер
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: perla
 * Sinhalese: මුතු
 * Slovak: perla
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: parla
 * Upper Sorbian: parla
 * Sotho: pêrêla
 * Southern Altai: јинји
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: parelkrara
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tabasaran: гевгьер
 * Tagalog: perlas
 * Tajik:, гавҳар , чавхар
 * Tarifit: tadmant
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tibetan: མུ་ཏིག
 * Tigrinya:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: dür, hünji
 * Tuvan: чинжи, сууд
 * Udmurt: марњан
 * Ukrainian: пе́рла, перли́на
 * Urdu: موتی
 * Uyghur: مەرۋايىت, دۇر
 * Cyrillic: мәрвайит, дур
 * Uzbek:, , ,
 * Vietnamese:, (珍珠)
 * Vilamovian: pela
 * Volapük:
 * Võro: pärli
 * Walloon: pièle
 * Welsh: perl, mererid
 * West Frisian: pearel
 * Yakut: чөмчүүк
 * Yiddish: פּערל


 * Danish: perle
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,


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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, parisienne
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: parigina, occhio di mosca
 * Spanish: parisienne,

Verb

 * 1)  To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
 * 2)  To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
 * 3)  To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
 * 4)  To resemble pearl or pearls.
 * 5)  To  hunt for pearls
 * 6)  To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
 * 7) * 1999, Joanne VanMeter :
 * Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.
 * 1)  Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
 * 1)  To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
 * 2) * 1999, Joanne VanMeter :
 * Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.
 * 1)  Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.