bajloz

Albanian

Alternative forms

• baloz

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالیوس (balyos), ultimately from Venetian 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)

1. (historical) ambassador, especially of Venice
2. a sea monster in Albanian mythology that exacts requisitions

Declension

Declension of bajloz

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bajloz	bajlozë	bajlozi	bajlozët
accusative			bajlozin
dative	bajlozi	bajlozëve	bajlozit	bajlozëve
ablative		bajlozësh