balalaika

See also: Balalaika and balalaïka

English

A balalaika

Etymology

From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bæləˈlaɪkə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪkə

Noun

balalaika (plural balalaikas or balalaiki)

A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.

Derived terms

balalaikist

Translations

Russian instrument

Afrikaans: balalaika
Arabic: بَالَالَايْكَا‎ f (bālālāykā)
Armenian: բալալայկա (hy) (balalayka)
Azerbaijani: balalayka (az)
Cyrillic: балалајка
Belarusian: балала́йка f (balalájka)
Bulgarian: балала́йка f (balalájka)
Catalan: balalaica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴拉萊卡／巴拉莱卡 (zh) (bālāláikǎ); 巴拉萊卡琴／巴拉莱卡琴 (zh) (bālāláikǎ-qín); 三角琴 (zh) (sānjiǎoqín)
Czech: balalajka (cs) f
Danish: balalajka
Dutch: balalaika (nl) f
Esperanto: balalajko
Estonian: balalaika (et)
Finnish: balalaikka (fi)
French: balalaïka (fr) f
Galician: balalaica (gl) f
Georgian: ბალალაიკა (balalaiḳa)
German: Balalaika (de) f
Greek: μπαλαλάικα (el) f (balaláika)
Hebrew: בָּלָלַיְקָה‎ (he) f (balalayka), בללייקה‎ (he) f (balalayka)
Hindi: बालालय्का (bālālaykā)
Hungarian: balalajka (hu)
Indonesian: balalaika (id)
Interlingua: balalaika
Italian: balalaika (it) f
Japanese: バラライカ (bararaika)
Kalmyk: балалайк (balalayk)
Kazakh: балалайка (balalaika)
Korean: 발랄라이카 (ballallaika)
Kyrgyz: балалайка (ky) (balalayka)
Latvian: balalajka f
Lithuanian: balalajka f
Macedonian: балалајка f (balalajka)
Malay: balalaika
Mongolian: балалайка (balalajka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: balalaika m

Nynorsk: balalaika m
Persian: بالالایکا‎ (fa) (bâlâlâykâ)
Polish: bałałajka (pl) f, bałabajka (pl) f
Portuguese: balalaika f
Russian: балала́йка (ru) f (balalájka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: балалајка f

Roman: balalajka (sh) f
Slovak: balalajka (sk) f
Slovene: balalajka (sl) f
Spanish: balalaica (es) f
Swahili: balalaika
Swedish: balalajka (sv) c
Tajik: балалайка (balalayka)
Tatar: балалайка (balalayka)
Turkish: balalayka (tr)
Turkmen: balalaýka (tk)
Ukrainian: балала́йка (uk) f (balalájka)
Uzbek: balalayka (uz)
Vietnamese: balalaica, balalaika (vi)
Yakut: балалаайка (balalaayka), балалайка (balalayka)
Yiddish: באַלאַלײַקע‎ f (balalayke)

References

2003. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 ..., Volume 2. "Balalaika". Edited by John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver, Peter Wicke. Pg. 407.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑlɑlɑjkɑ/
Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

balalaika m (definite singular balalaikaen, indefinite plural balalaikaer, definite plural balalaikaene)

a balalaika (string instrument)

References

“balalaika” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).

Noun

balalaika m (definite singular balalaikaen, indefinite plural balalaikaar or balalaikaer, definite plural balalaikaane or balalaikaene)

a balalaika (string instrument))

References

“balalaika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

balalaica

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian балала́йка (balalájka).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.laˈlaj.kɐ/ [ba.laˈlaɪ̯.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.laˈlaj.ka/ [ba.laˈlaɪ̯.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.lɐˈlaj.kɐ/

Noun

balalaika f (plural balalaikas)

balalaika (Russian string instrument)

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