Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (dove, pigeon). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (maze, corn) after palombes (dove).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) turtle dove, Eurasian collared dove
    Synonyms: turtull, guguçe
  2. (botany) blackthorn; sloe

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kullumbri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203