hallk

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خلق (halk), from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq). First attested in the 18th century by Frakulla.[1]

Noun

hallk m (colloquial)

  1. people, folk
  2. crowd

Declension

Declension of hallk
singular
indefinite definite
nominative hallk hallku
accusative hallkun
dat./abl. hallku hallkut

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “hallk”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]