bajloz

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. (historical) emissary, especially of Venice
  2. a giant sea monster in Albanian mythology that wreaks havoc

Declension

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

References

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