ëmbël
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- âmbël — Gheg
- ômël, omël — southern Gheg, central Gheg
- amël — Gheg[1]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *amla, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“sour”), whence also Dutch amper, Italian amaro, Sanskrit अम्ल (amlá).
Possibly related to Dacian amolusta (“camomile”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]i ëmbël (feminine plural të ëmbla)
Derived terms
[edit]Adverbs
References
[edit]- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 3, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Shkodër