balabay
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת (bá'al habáyit, “master of the house”). Cognate with Yiddish בעל־הבית (balebos, “head of household”),
Noun edit
balabay m (Latin spelling)
Coordinate terms edit
- (gender): balabaya
Further reading edit
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “balabáy”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 78
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “balabay”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 58
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “báʿal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC