baltă

See also: balta, baltā, baltã, and Balta

Romanian

Etymology

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“to gleam”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), or whether it is a substratum word. Compare Albanian baltë (“mud”), Aromanian baltã and Modern Greek βάλτος (váltos, “swamp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaltə]

Noun

baltă f (plural bălți)

  1. puddle, pond, pool (especially muddy); also swamp

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