bajadera

See also: bajaderą

Polish

bajadery

Etymology

Borrowed from French bayadère, from Portuguese balhadeira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.jaˈdɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: ba‧ja‧de‧ra

Noun

bajadera f

1. (Hinduism, historical) bayadère, devadasi (Hindu dancing-girl)

   Synonym: dewadasi

2. (historical) Indian woven fabric with transverse coloured stripes
3. rum ball (round sweet made of dense cake or biscuit flavoured with chocolate and rum)

   Synonyms: bajaderka, kartofelek, ziemniaczek

Declension

Declension of bajadera

	singular	plural
nominative	bajadera	bajadery
genitive	bajadery	bajader
dative	bajaderze	bajaderom
accusative	bajaderę	bajadery
instrumental	bajaderą	bajaderami
locative	bajaderze	bajaderach
vocative	bajadero	bajadery

Derived terms

noun

• bajaderka

 

Further reading

• bajadera in Polish dictionaries at PWN