kallamboq

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kallamoq, kollomoq — Gheg
• kollomboq — Tosk

Etymology

Compare Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călambuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi; see more at Ottoman Turkish قلمبك (kalembek). Probably ultimately from Malay kalambaq and reshaped in terms of the unrelated Albanian kallam by folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɫaˈmboc/
• Rhymes: -oc

Noun

kallamboq m (definite kallamboqi) (uncountable, regional)

1. maize, corn (Zea mays)

   Synonym: misër

Derived terms

• kallamboq i hollë
• kallamboqnaje
• kallamboqtë

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: kolomoç — Prizren

References

• “kallamboq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 770b
• Topalli, K. (2017) “kallamboq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 701
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallamboq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 177b
• Jungg, G. (1895) “kaλamoc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 53a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kaľambóḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 170