gëlqere

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • këlqere — earlier
  • kërqele — dialectal
  • kalqer m, kalqerrë f — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin calcāria (“lime quarry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəlˈceɾe/
  • Rhymes: -eɾe

Noun

gëlqere f (plural gëlqere, definite gëlqerja)

  1. lime (material)

Derived terms
  • gëlqerar
  • gëlqerebërës
  • gëlqereshitës
  • gëlqerës
  • gëlqerëzim
  • gëlqerinë
  • gëlqeroj
  • gëlqeror
  • gëlqeros
  • gëlqertë
  • zhgëlqerëzoj
  • kallç

References
  • “gëlqér/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 543a
  • Topalli, K. (2017) “gëlqere”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 536
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këlqere”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 176
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gëlqer-ar […] -e”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 125a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “kɛľḱere”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 186
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