kaltër

See also: kalter and kälter

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kaltë, kaltërt, kalthër

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *calthinus (“yellow, yellowish”), based on Latin caltha (“marigold”).[1][2][3]

Adjective

kaltër

  1. sky blue, light blue

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kaltër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, pages 166–167
  2. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 57
  3. ↑ Meyer, Gustav (1891), “kál'tɛrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 170–171
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