Noun: balagan
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
"it was utter and complete balagan!"
Derived forms: balagans
Type of: bedlam, chaos, madhouse [informal], pandemonium, tohubohu [US], topsy-turvydom [informal], topsy-turvyness [informal]