Meanings
nounbalalaika (plural balalaikas or balalaiki)
plural balalaikas · plural balalaiki · alternative balalajka · alternative balalayka
- A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
Origin
- Russianбалала́йка
- Englishbalalaika
From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Arabic بَالَالَايْكَا
- بَالَالَايْكَا (bālālāykā)Russian instrument
Bulgarian балала́йка
- балала́йка (balalájka)Russian instrument
Catalan balalaica
- balalaicaRussian instrument
Chinese Mandarin 巴拉萊卡 /巴拉莱卡, 巴拉萊卡琴 /巴拉莱卡琴
- 巴拉萊卡 /巴拉莱卡 (bālāláikǎ)Russian instrument
- 巴拉萊卡琴 /巴拉莱卡琴 (bālāláikǎ-qín)Russian instrument
- 三角琴 (sānjiǎoqín)Russian instrument
Czech balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Danish balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Dutch balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Esperanto balalajko
- balalajkoRussian instrument
Estonian balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Finnish balalaikka
- balalaikkaRussian instrument
French balalaïka
- balalaïkaRussian instrument
German Balalaika
- BalalaikaRussian instrument
Greek μπαλαλάικα
- μπαλαλάικα (balaláika)Russian instrument
Hebrew בָּלָלַיְקָה
- בָּלָלַיְקָה (balalayka)Russian instrument
Hindi बालालय्का
- बालालय्का (bālālaykā)Russian instrument
Hungarian balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Indonesian balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Irish balaláice
- balaláiceRussian instrument
Italian balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Japanese バラライカ
- バラライカ (bararaika)Russian instrument
Korean 발랄라이카
- 발랄라이카 (ballallaika)Russian instrument
Latvian balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Lithuanian balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Malay balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Norwegian Bokmål balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Persian بالالایکا
- بالالایکا (bâlâlâykâ)Russian instrument
Polish bałałajka, bałabajka
- bałałajkaRussian instrument
- bałabajkaRussian instrument
Portuguese balalaica
- balalaicaRussian instrument
Romanian balalaică
- balalaicăRussian instrument
Russian балала́йка
- балала́йка (balalájka)Russian instrument
Slovak balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Spanish balalaica
- balalaicaRussian instrument
Swahili balalaika
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Swedish balalajka
- balalajkaRussian instrument
Turkish balalayka
- balalaykaRussian instrument
Ukrainian балала́йка
- балала́йка (balalájka)Russian instrument
Vietnamese balalaica, balalaika
- balalaicaRussian instrument
- balalaikaRussian instrument
Yiddish באַלאַלײַקע
- באַלאַלײַקע (balalayke)Russian instrument
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with balalaika
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APA
balalaika. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balalaika
MLA
“balalaika.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balalaika. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balalaika,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balalaika.
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