bajloz

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالیوس‎ (balyos),[1] ultimately from Venetian bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”); reflecting in the sea-monster meaning a negative attitude towards Venetocracy in Albania.

Noun

bajloz m (indefinite plural bajlozë, definite singular bajlozi, definite plural bajlozët)

  1. (historical) ambassador, especially of Venice
  2. a sea monster in Albanian mythology that exacts requisitions

Declension
Declension of bajloz
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bajloz bajlozë bajlozi bajlozët
accusative bajlozin
dative bajlozi bajlozëve bajlozit bajlozëvet
ablative bajlozësh

References
  1. Bufli, Gjorgji; Luciano, Rocchi (2021), “bajloz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 59
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