dhallë
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *dzalā,[1] from earlier *dzalakta, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákt (gen. *ǵlaktós). Compare Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn), Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”), Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”), Latin lac (“milk, milky juice”), Waigali zōr (“milk”) and the irregular Romanian zară.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dhallë m (definite dhalli)
Descendants[edit]
- → Aromanian: dhalã
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhallë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 153