kallamboq

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călambuc, 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
  • IPA(key): /kaɫaˈmboc/
  • Rhymes: -oc

Noun

kallamboq m (definite kallamboqi) (uncountable, regional)

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

Derived terms
  • kallamboq i hollë
  • kallamboqnaje
  • kallamboqtë

Descendants
  • → Turkish: kolomoç — Prizren

References
  • “kallamboq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 770b
  • Topalli, K. (2017) “kallamboq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, 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 [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 53a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “kaľambóḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 170
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