Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From archaic and dialectal ngjollë, from Proto-Albanian *en-sālā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare English sallow, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, cream-colored), Latin salīva).

Noun edit

njollë f (plural njolla)

  1. spot, smear
  2. stain, bad vision

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njollë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 305