Where does “bajat” come from?
bajat (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بایات, from Arabic بَائِت — stale.
bajat (Albanian): stale
Ancestry of “bajat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بایات | stale, not fresh |
| 2 | Arabic | بَائِت | stale |