balabay

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת (bá'al habáyit, “master of the house”). Cognate with Yiddish בעל־הבית (balebos, “head of household”),

Noun

balabay m (Latin spelling)

1. master of the house
2. host

Coordinate terms

• (gender): balabaya

Further reading

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