balalayka
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]balalayka (plural balalaykas)
- Alternative form of balalaika.
- 1918, Harold Tennyson R.N.: The Story of a Young Sailor Put Together by a Friend, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 196:
- We had an enormous brass band who played magnificently, and then a band of “balalaykas,” the Russian national instrument, accompanied with tambourines and wooden spoons, etc., and really a very pretty effect.
- 1967, Jacob J. Hergert, “I Was Born Among the Russian Subversives”: A Saga of Why It Was Possible for the Bolsheviks to Effect the Transition from One Absolutism to Another; What Are We Facing?, Santa Barbara, Calif.: J. J. and A. J. Hergert, page 588:
- There were balalaykas, banduras, guitars and three different makes of accordions.
- 2001, Boris Thomson, The Art of Compromise: The Life and Work of Leonid Leonov, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 49:
- When the Badgers cut the telegraph wires they cannot think of anything better to do than string them into their balalaykas.
- 2020, Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, Captured!, Burtyrki Books, →ISBN:
- Then they sang, to the accompaniment of their balalaykas.
Azerbaijani
[edit]| Cyrillic | балалајка | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balalayka (definite accusative balalaykanı, plural balalaykalar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | balalayka | balalaykalar |
| definite accusative | balalaykanı | balalaykaları |
| dative | balalaykaya | balalaykalara |
| locative | balalaykada | balalaykalarda |
| ablative | balalaykadan | balalaykalardan |
| definite genitive | balalaykanın | balalaykaların |
References
[edit]- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “balalayka”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish balalaica, from Russian балала́йка (balalájka). The sense “homosexual male” is a play on bakla.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balaˈlajka/ [bɐ.lɐˈlaɪ̯.xɐ]
- Rhymes: -ajka
- Syllabification: ba‧la‧lay‧ka
Noun
[edit]balalayka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜎᜌ᜔ᜃ)
Further reading
[edit]- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 69
- Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 13
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balalayka (definite accusative balalaykayı, plural balalaykalar)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “balalayka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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