bajgë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bagël, balgë, balëg, balëgë

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal balgë, balëgë, from Old Albanian baljëgë, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *balgā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bolgʷ- (compare Greek βολβός (volvós, “bulb”), Armenian բողկ (boġk, “radish”)). Borrowed as Romanian baligă; metathetic bagël gave northern Italian bagola, bagula.

Noun

bajgë f (plural bajga)

1. dung