mullâ

See also: mulla, Mulla, mullà, and mułła

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mllâz

Etymology

Gheg; from Proto-Albanian *melana (black), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n- (dull black), from *melh₂-. Compare Latvian męl̃ns (black), Serbo-Croatian malina (raspberry), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, black). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘heartache’, compare zi. Doublet of mëllë and ultimately doublet of miell as well.

Noun

mullâ m

  1. (Gheg) heartache, heartbreak
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