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Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת (bá'al habáyit, “master of the house”). Cognate with Yiddish בעל־הבית (balebos, “head of household”),
Noun
balabay m (Latin spelling)
- master of the house
- host
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- 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