qingël
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (belt, girth): qengël, qingje
- (danewort): kingëlë, qëngjëlë
Etymology
From Latin cingula (“strap, cinch”).[1]
Noun
qingël f (indefinite plural qingla, definite singular qingla, definite plural qinglat)
- saddle belt, girth
- danewort, dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)
Synonyms
- (danewort): shpendër, beshtë, vuzhë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “qingël”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 361