këllk
Albanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Bulgarian кълк (kǎlk) оr Macedonian колк (kolk) ("hip").[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkëllk m (plural këllqe, definite këllku, definite plural këllqet)
- (anatomy) hip
- (anatomy) hip bone
- (figurative, plurale tantum) power, ability, skill
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këllk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177