ballë

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Albanian

Etymology

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

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

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References

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