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balabaya

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Ladino

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Etymology

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From Hebrew.

Noun

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balabaya f (plural balabayas)

  1. mistress of the house
  2. hostess

Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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  • 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/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 58
  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “báʿalat”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC