belbët

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *balbā + -ët, from Proto-Indo-European *balb-, *balbal- (“barbaric speech”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Ancient Greek βαβάζω (babázō, “chats, talks indistinctly”), Latin balbūtiō (“to stammer, stutter”), Lithuanian blebénti (“babble”). Cf. also Romanian bâlbâi.

Adjective

i belbët (feminine plural të belbëta)

1. stammering, stuttering

Derived terms

• belbëzoj
• belbëzim

Further reading

• “belbët”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026