kështjellë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • këshqel

Etymology

From Italian castello, from Latin castellum (“castle”). A dialectal këshqel and predecessor kështjel (Buzuku) were borrowed directly from Latin.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəʃˈtjeɫ]

Noun

kështjellë f (plural kështjella, definite kështjella, definite plural kështjellat)

  1. castle, fort, citadel, stronghold
    Kjo kështjellë është ndërtuar para dyqind vjetësh.
    This castle was built two hundred years ago.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kështjellar

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “kështjellë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 760
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.