ballë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *balā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₁ós. Cognate to Old Prussian ballo (“forehead”) and Sanskrit भाल (bhāla).[1]

Noun

ballë m (plural balle, definite balli, definite plural ballet)

  1. forehead
  2. front part of something
  3. battle front
  4. (figurative) best part of something

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ballë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 16
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