balti
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a chicken balti dish in a restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland
English
Etymology
From Urdu بالٹی (baalti, “pail”), originally coined by Birmingham restaurateur Afzal Butt because English people had difficulty pronouncing karahi, the name of the dish used for cooking this food.
Pronunciation
Noun
balti (countable and uncountable, plural baltis)
- (uncountable) A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.
- 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 136:
- For in time, balti became an enduring British cultural entity all of its own—even as Jim Davidson and his fellow bullies lapsed into obscurity.
- (countable) A dish cooked in this style.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
balti (not comparable)
- Baltic (of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea)
- Baltic (of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages)
- Baltic (of or pertaining to the Balts)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | balti | baltiak |
| accusative | baltit | baltiakat |
| dative | baltinak | baltiaknak |
| instrumental | baltival | baltiakkal |
| causal-final | baltiért | baltiakért |
| translative | baltivá | baltiakká |
| terminative | baltiig | baltiakig |
| essive-formal | baltiként | baltiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | baltiban | baltiakban |
| superessive | baltin | baltiakon |
| adessive | baltinál | baltiaknál |
| illative | baltiba | baltiakba |
| sublative | baltira | baltiakra |
| allative | baltihoz | baltiakhoz |
| elative | baltiból | baltiakból |
| delative | baltiról | baltiakról |
| ablative | baltitól | baltiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
baltié | baltiaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
baltiéi | baltiakéi |
Derived terms
Noun
balti (plural baltiak)
- Balt (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | balti | baltiak |
| accusative | baltit | baltiakat |
| dative | baltinak | baltiaknak |
| instrumental | baltival | baltiakkal |
| causal-final | baltiért | baltiakért |
| translative | baltivá | baltiakká |
| terminative | baltiig | baltiakig |
| essive-formal | baltiként | baltiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | baltiban | baltiakban |
| superessive | baltin | baltiakon |
| adessive | baltinál | baltiaknál |
| illative | baltiba | baltiakba |
| sublative | baltira | baltiakra |
| allative | baltihoz | baltiakhoz |
| elative | baltiból | baltiakból |
| delative | baltiról | baltiakról |
| ablative | baltitól | baltiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
baltié | baltiaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
baltiéi | baltiakéi |
| Possessive forms of balti | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | baltim | baltijaim (or baltiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | baltid | baltijaid (or baltiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | baltija | baltijai (or baltii) |
| 1st person plural | baltink | baltijaink (or baltiink) |
| 2nd person plural | baltitok | baltijaitok (or baltiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | baltijuk | baltijaik (or baltiik) |
Further reading
- balti in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Latvian
Noun
balti m (Balts; chiefly plural)
Adjective
balti
Adverb
balti
- white, whitish; adverbial form of balts
- balti noberzts galds ― a table scrubbed white (= very clean)
Spanish
Noun
balti m (plural baltis)