baleboste
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- balabosta, balaboosta, balabusta, balabuste, balabusteh, balabooste, bala booste, bala boosta, balebosta, balebuste, baleboosteh
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yiddish בעל־הביתטע (baleboste), feminine form of בעל־הבית (balebos), from Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת (bá'al habáyit, “master of the house”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
baleboste (plural balebatim)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- balabusta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “balabosta”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.