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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بالیوس (balyos),[1] ultimately from Venetan bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”); reflecting in the sea-monster meaning a negative attitude towards Venetocracy in Albania.
Noun
bajloz m (plural bajlozë, definite bajlozi, definite plural bajlozët)
- (historical) emissary, especially of Venice
- a giant sea monster in Albanian mythology that wreaks havoc
Declension
References
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bajloz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 59