mullâ

See also: mulla and mullà

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mllâz

Etymology

Gheg; from Proto-Albanian *melana ‘black’, from Proto-Indo-European *mel(H)-n- ‘dull black’ (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.

Noun

mullâ m

  1. (Gheg) heartache, heartbreak
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