balalaika

See also: Balalaika and balalaïka

English

A balalaika

Alternative forms

• balalajka, balalayka

Etymology

From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæləˈlaɪkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪkə

Noun

balalaika (plural balalaikas or balalaiki)

1. 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)
• Ingrian: balalaikka
• Interlingua: balalaika
• Irish: balaláice m
• 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: balalaica (pt) 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)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

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)

1. 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)

1. a balalaika (string instrument))

References

• “balalaika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.