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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin caelum (“sky, heaven”),[1][2] specifically from the nominative plural caelī.[3] First attested as feminine qiell/qiellja (Buzuku). Compare Italian cielo, Romanian cer.
Pronunciation
Noun
qiell m (plural qiej, definite qielli, definite plural qiejt)
- sky
- Synonym: pjetë
- cosmos
- heaven
- Synonym: parajsë
- paradise
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qiell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “qiell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1220
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 179
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