"balalaika" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bæləˈlaɪkə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-balalaika.wav [Southern-England] Forms: balalaikas [plural], balalaiki [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪkə Etymology: From Russian балала́йка (balalájka). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|балала́йка|}} Russian балала́йка (balalájka) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|balalaiki}} balalaika (plural balalaikas or balalaiki)
  1. A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin. Wikipedia link: balalaika Categories (topical): String instruments Categories (place): Russia Synonyms: balalajka, balalayka Derived forms: balalaikist Translations (Russian instrument): balalaika (Afrikaans), بَالَالَايْكَا (bālālāykā) [feminine] (Arabic), բալալայկա (balalayka) (Armenian), balalayka (Azerbaijani), балалајка [Cyrillic] (Azerbaijani), балала́йка (balalájka) [feminine] (Belarusian), балала́йка (balalájka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), balalaica [feminine] (Catalan), 巴拉萊卡 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴拉莱卡 (bālāláikǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 巴拉萊卡琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴拉莱卡琴 (bālāláikǎ-qín) (Chinese Mandarin), 三角琴 (sānjiǎoqín) (Chinese Mandarin), balalajka [feminine] (Czech), balalajka (Danish), balalaika [feminine] (Dutch), balalajko (Esperanto), balalaika (Estonian), balalaikka (Finnish), balalaïka [feminine] (French), balalaica [feminine] (Galician), ბალალაიკა (balalaiḳa) (Georgian), Balalaika [feminine] (German), μπαλαλάικα (balaláika) [feminine] (Greek), בָּלָלַיְקָה (balalayka) [feminine] (Hebrew), בללייקה (balalayka) [feminine] (Hebrew), बालालय्का (bālālaykā) (Hindi), balalajka (Hungarian), balalaika (Indonesian), balalaikka (Ingrian), balalaika (Interlingua), balaláice [masculine] (Irish), balalaika [feminine] (Italian), バラライカ (bararaika) (Japanese), балалайк (balalayk) (Kalmyk), балалайка (balalaika) (Kazakh), 발랄라이카 (ballallaika) (Korean), балалайка (balalayka) (Kyrgyz), balalajka [feminine] (Latvian), balalajka [feminine] (Lithuanian), балалајка (balalajka) [feminine] (Macedonian), balalaika (Malay), балалайка (balalajka) (Mongolian), balalaika [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), balalaika [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بالالایکا (bâlâlâykâ) (Persian), bałałajka [feminine] (Polish), bałabajka [feminine] (Polish), balalaica [feminine] (Portuguese), балала́йка (balalájka) [feminine] (Russian), балалајка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), balalajka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), balalajka [feminine] (Slovak), balalajka [feminine] (Slovene), balalaica [feminine] (Spanish), balalaika (Swahili), balalajka [common-gender] (Swedish), балалайка (balalayka) (Tajik), балалайка (balalayka) (Tatar), balalayka (Turkish), balalaýka (Turkmen), балала́йка (balalájka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), balalayka (Uzbek), balalaica (Vietnamese), balalaika (Vietnamese), балалаайка (balalaayka) (Yakut), балалайка (balalayka) (Yakut), באַלאַלײַקע (balalayke) [feminine] (Yiddish)

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /bɑlɑlɑjkɑ/ Forms: balalaikaen [definite, singular], balalaikaer [indefinite, plural], balalaikaene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ Etymology: From Russian балала́йка (balalájka). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|ru|балала́йка}} Russian балала́йка (balalájka)
  1. a balalaika (string instrument) Wikipedia link: nb:balalaika Tags: masculine Categories (topical): String instruments
    Sense id: en-balalaika-nb-noun-8psUbwKY Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: balalaikaen [definite, singular], balalaikaar [indefinite, plural], balalaikaer [indefinite, plural], balalaikaane [definite, plural], balalaikaene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Russian балала́йка (balalájka). Etymology templates: {{der|nn|ru|балала́йка}} Russian балала́йка (balalájka) Head templates: {{head|nn|noun|definite singular|balalaikaen|indefinite plural|balalaikaar|or|balalaikaer|definite plural|balalaikaane|or|balalaikaene|g=m}} balalaika m (definite singular balalaikaen, indefinite plural balalaikaar or balalaikaer, definite plural balalaikaane or balalaikaene)
  1. a balalaika (string instrument)) Wikipedia link: nn:balalaika Tags: masculine Categories (topical): String instruments
    Sense id: en-balalaika-nn-noun-9rMBu37j Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header

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          "word": "巴拉萊卡琴"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "balalaiḳa",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "ბალალაიკა"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "balalayka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bālālaykā",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "बालालय्का"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalajka"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaikka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "balaláice"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bararaika",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "バラライカ"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "balalayk",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "балалайк"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "balalaika",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "балалайка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ballallaika",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "발랄라이카"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "balalayka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "балалайка"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalajka"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalajka"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "balalajka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "балалајка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "balalajka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "балалайка"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâlâlâykâ",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "بالالایکا"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bałałajka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bałabajka"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "балалајка"
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "word": "balalajka"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalajka"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalajka"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balalaica"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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        },
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          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "balalájka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaica"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
          "word": "balalaika"
        },
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          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "balalaayka",
          "sense": "Russian instrument",
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          "code": "sah",
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    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Russian",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑ",
        "nb:String instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a balalaika (string instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balalaika",
          "balalaika#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nb:balalaika"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑlɑlɑjkɑ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balalaika"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "балала́йка"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian балала́йка (balalájka)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balalaikaen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balalaikaene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "10": "balalaikaane",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "balalaikaene",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "definite singular",
        "4": "balalaikaen",
        "5": "indefinite plural",
        "6": "balalaikaar",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "balalaikaer",
        "9": "definite plural",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "balalaika m (definite singular balalaikaen, indefinite plural balalaikaar or balalaikaer, definite plural balalaikaane or balalaikaene)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Russian",
        "nn:String instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a balalaika (string instrument))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balalaika",
          "balalaika#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nn:balalaika"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "balalaika"
}

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