kalldrëm

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kalldram, kaldram — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالدرم (kaldırım, “pavement, paving, paved road, enbankment, dyke, a cross”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɫdˈrəm/
  • Rhymes: -əm
  • Hyphenation: kalld‧rëm

Noun

kalldrëm m (plural kalldrémet, definite kalldrëmi, definite plural kalldrémet)

  1. cobblestone pavement/road

Derived terms

  • kalldrëmim
  • kalldrëmoj
  • kalldrëmor
  • kalldrëmshtrues
  • kalldrëmtë
  • kalldrëmxhi

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kalldrëm”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 243

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “kalldrëm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kalldrâm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 178
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