gëlqere

Albanian

Alternative forms

• këlqere — earlier
• kërqele — dialectal
• kalqer m, kalqerrë f — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin calcāria (“lime quarry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəlˈceɾe/
• Rhymes: -eɾe

Noun

gëlqere f (plural gëlqere, definite gëlqerja)

1. lime (material)

Derived terms

• gëlqerar
• gëlqerebërës
• gëlqereshitës
• gëlqerës
• gëlqerëzim
• gëlqerinë
• gëlqeroj
• gëlqeror
• gëlqeros
• gëlqertë
• zhgëlqerëzoj

 

Related terms

• kallç

 

References

• “gëlqér/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 543a
• Topalli, K. (2017) “gëlqere”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 536
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këlqere”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 176
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gëlqer-ar […] -e”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 125a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kɛľḱere”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 186