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Etymologies in the OED, The Random House Unabridged , and Kluge's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache have cognates of balagan/balcony popping up in Slovene ( blazina ), Greek, and most significantly in Lithuanian ( balǽienas ), purportedly the most conservative of the Indo-European languages.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives a similar etymology, stating that balcony is ultimately of Gmc origin.
Also interesting is the indication in the Tolkovyi Slovar' that the word is of Persian origin and that in Persian it means balcony.
Genuine Spanish tilework sits beside locally made copies; a Roman sarcophagus and a 3,500-year-old Egyptian goddess are both authentic, but the castle’s façade, with its equestrian friezes on the balcony and Gothic-style canopies, is made almost completely of reinforced concrete.
It’s a modest affair, just one small room, with a balcony for female worshippers.