bajat

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بایات (bayat), from Arabic بَائِت (bāʔit, stale).[1]

Adjective

baját (feminine bajate)

  1. (colloquial) stale, lacking freshness

References

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

Further reading

  • bajat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بایات (bayat), from Arabic بَائِت (bāʔit, stale).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎjat/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧jat

Adjective

bàjat (Cyrillic spelling ба̀јат, definite bàjatī)

  1. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) stale, not fresh

Declension

indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bajat bajata bajato
genitive bajata bajate bajata
dative bajatu bajatoj bajatu
accusative inanimate
animate
bajat
bajata
bajatu bajato
vocative bajat bajata bajato
locative bajatu bajatoj bajatu
instrumental bajatim bajatom bajatim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bajati bajate bajata
genitive bajatih bajatih bajatih
dative bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)
accusative bajate bajate bajata
vocative bajati bajate bajata
locative bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)
instrumental bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bajati bajata bajato
genitive bajatog(a) bajate bajatog(a)
dative bajatom(u/e) bajatoj bajatom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
bajati
bajatog(a)
bajatu bajato
vocative bajati bajata bajato
locative bajatom(e/u) bajatoj bajatom(e/u)
instrumental bajatim bajatom bajatim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bajati bajate bajata
genitive bajatih bajatih bajatih
dative bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)
accusative bajate bajate bajata
vocative bajati bajate bajata
locative bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)
instrumental bajatim(a) bajatim(a) bajatim(a)