bajloz
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish بالیوس (balyos),[1] ultimately from Venetian bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”); reflecting in the sea-monster meaning a negative attitude towards Venetocracy in Albania.
Noun
[edit]bajloz m (plural bajlozë, definite bajlozi, definite plural bajlozët)
- (historical) ambassador, especially of Venice
- a sea monster in Albanian mythology that exacts requisitions
Declension
[edit]Declension of bajloz