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 master of the house 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