balabaya

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Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew.

Noun[edit]

balabaya f (Latin spelling, plural balabayas)

  1. mistress of the house
  2. hostess

Coordinate terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “balabáya”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 78
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “balabaya”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 58
  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “báʿalat”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
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