Blay vs Blat - What's the difference?
blay | blat |
To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
To make a senseless noise.
To talk inconsiderately.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
As a noun blay
is the bleak (fish).As an adjective blat is
.blat
English
Etymology 1
Imitative. First attested in 1846.Verb
(blatt)Anagrams
*Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(-)- To open a new business in Russia you need blat .