balti

See also: Balti, bălți, and Bălți

English

Etymology

From Urdu بالٹی (baalti, “pail”), originally coined by Birmingham restaurateur Afzal Butt because English people had difficulty pronouncing karahi, the name of the dish used for cooking this food.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɒlti

Noun

a chicken balti dish in a restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland

balti (countable and uncountable, plural baltis)

1. A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine
2. (uncountable) A style of curry traditionally cooked in a balti pan, typically stir-fried and served with a relatively dry sauce.
   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 136:

     For in time, balti became an enduring British cultural entity all of its own—even as Jim Davidson and his fellow bullies lapsed into obscurity.

3. (countable) A dish cooked in this style.

Derived terms

• balti house

Anagrams

• Talib, batil, -bital, bilat

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlti]
• Hyphenation: bal‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Adjective

balti (not comparable)

1. Baltic (of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea)
2. Baltic (of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages)
3. Baltic (of or pertaining to the Balts)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	balti	baltiak
accusative	baltit	baltiakat
dative	baltinak	baltiaknak
instrumental	baltival	baltiakkal
causal-final	baltiért	baltiakért
translative	baltivá	baltiakká
terminative	baltiig	baltiakig
essive-formal	baltiként	baltiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baltiban	baltiakban
superessive	baltin	baltiakon
adessive	baltinál	baltiaknál
illative	baltiba	baltiakba
sublative	baltira	baltiakra
allative	baltihoz	baltiakhoz
elative	baltiból	baltiakból
delative	baltiról	baltiakról
ablative	baltitól	baltiaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	baltié	baltiaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baltiéi	baltiakéi

Derived terms

• Balti-tenger

Noun

balti (plural baltiak)

1. Balt (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	balti	baltiak
accusative	baltit	baltiakat
dative	baltinak	baltiaknak
instrumental	baltival	baltiakkal
causal-final	baltiért	baltiakért
translative	baltivá	baltiakká
terminative	baltiig	baltiakig
essive-formal	baltiként	baltiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baltiban	baltiakban
superessive	baltin	baltiakon
adessive	baltinál	baltiaknál
illative	baltiba	baltiakba
sublative	baltira	baltiakra
allative	baltihoz	baltiakhoz
elative	baltiból	baltiakból
delative	baltiról	baltiakról
ablative	baltitól	baltiaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	baltié	baltiaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baltiéi	baltiakéi

Possessive forms of balti

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	baltim	baltijaim (or baltiim)
2nd person sing.	baltid	baltijaid (or baltiid)
3rd person sing.	baltija	baltijai (or baltii)
1st person plural	baltink	baltijaink (or baltiink)
2nd person plural	baltitok	baltijaitok (or baltiitok)
3rd person plural	baltijuk	baltijaik (or baltiik)

Further reading

• balti in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Latvian

Noun

balti m (Balts; chiefly plural)

1. nominative/vocative plural of balts

Adjective

balti

1. nominative masculine plural of balts

Adverb

balti

1. white, whitish; adverbial form of balts

   balti noberzts galds ― a table scrubbed white (= very clean)

Spanish

Noun

balti m (plural baltis)

1. balti