ballë

See also: balle

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *balā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₁ós. Cognate to Old Prussian ballo (“forehead”) and Sanskrit भाल (bhāla).[1]

Noun

ballë m (plural balle, definite balli, definite plural ballet)

  1. forehead
  2. front part of something
  3. battle front
  4. (figurative) best part of something
    Synonyms: cik, ajkë, cermë, cekë
  5. earthquake magnitude
    tërmet shtatë ballë ― earthquake with a magnitude of seven
  6. magazine (chamber) of the gun

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ballë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 16

Further reading

  • “ballë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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