kallamboq
Albanian
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editEtymology
editCompare Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călambuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi; see more at Ottoman Turkish قلمبك (kalembek). Probably ultimately from Malay kalambaq and reshaped in terms of the unrelated Albanian kallam by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkallamboq m (definite kallamboqi) (uncountable, regional)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Turkish: kolomoç — Prizren
References
edit- “kallamboq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 770b
- Topalli, K. (2017) “kallamboq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 701
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallamboq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 177b
- Jungg, G. (1895) “kaλamoc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 53a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “kaľambóḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 170