blat

blat · verb¹

Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”).

blat · noun²

1. German · borrowed fromBlatt“newspaper”
2. English todayblat

Borrowed from German Blatt (“newspaper”). Doublet of blade.

blat · noun³

1. Yiddish · derived fromבלאַט“leaf, list”
2. Polish · derived fromblat“cover, umbrella”
3. Russian · borrowed fromблат
4. English todayblat

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat, “leaf, list”). Doublet of blade.