dhallë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- llallë
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *dzalā[1], from earlier *dzalakta, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (gen. *ǵlaktós). Compare Old Armenian կաթն (katʿn), 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
- IPA(key): /ðaːɫ/
Noun
dhallë m (definite singular dhalli)
- buttermilk
Descendants
- → Aromanian: dhalã
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dhallë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 153