baltă

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Contents 1 Romanian 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Declension 1.3.2 See also

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[edit] Etymology

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“‘to gleam’”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto, or whether it is a pre-Roman word. The Romanian word also has an Albanian cognate, baltë.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbaltə]

[edit] Noun

baltă f. (plural bălţi)

1. puddle, pond

[edit] Declension

[edit] See also

• blato
• boloto