бакалея

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). Compare Yiddish באַקאַליי (bakaley), and semantically unrelated Polish bakalie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bakaˈlʲeja]

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaljéja) f inan (genitive бакале́і, uncountable)

  1. (collective) groceries

Declension

References

  • бакалея” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • бакалея”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bakkal, from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəkɐˈlʲejə]

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaléja) f inan (genitive бакале́и, nominative plural бакале́и, genitive plural бакале́й)

  1. (collective) groceries
  2. grocery store, grocery department

Declension

Descendants

  • ? Lithuanian: bakalėja
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