njollë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ngjollë

Etymology

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

njollë f (plural njolla)

  1. spot, smear
  2. stain, bad vision

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