kallamboq

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călămbuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi; see more at Ottoman Turkish قلمبك (kalembek). Probably ultimately from Malay kalambaq and reshaped in terms of the unrelated Albanian kallam by folk etymology.

Pronunciation

Noun

kallamboq m (definite kallamboqi) (uncountable, regional)

  1. maize, corn (Zea mays)
    Synonym: misër

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kolomoçPrizren

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980, page 770b
  • Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kallamboq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 701
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallamboq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 177b
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “kaλamoc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct , page 53a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “kaľambóḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 170