mullâ

See also: mulla, Mulla, mullà, and mułła

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mllâz

Etymology

Gheg; from the adjective Proto-Albanian *melana (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n-os (“dull black”), from *melh₂-. Compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘heartache’, compare zi. Doublet of mëllë and ultimately doublet of miell as well.

Noun

mullâ m

1. (Gheg) heartache, heartbreak