shtalb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *stalpa,[1] from *stela (modern shtjell).[2] More at shtjell.

Noun

shtalb m (definite singular shtalbi)

  1. wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
  2. rennet
  3. (colloquial) semen

Derived terms

  • shtalbak

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 435-6.
  2. ↑ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 376.
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