balabaya

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew.

Noun

balabaya f (Latin spelling, plural balabayas)

1. mistress of the house
2. hostess

Coordinate terms

• (gender): balabay

Further reading

• 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 Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 58
• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “báʿalat”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC