kështjellë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • këshqel

Etymology

From Italian castello, from Latin castellum (“castle”). A dialectal këshqel and predecessor kështjel (Buzuku) were borrowed directly from Latin.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəʃˈtjɛːɫ]

Noun

kështjellë f (indefinite plural kështjella, definite singular kështjella, definite plural kështjellat)

  1. castle, fort, citadel, stronghold
    Kjo kështjellë është ndërtuar para dyqind vjetësh.
    This castle was built two hundred years ago.

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • kështjellar

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kështjellë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 760
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