kral

Noun

kral (plural krals)

1. Archaic form of kraal.

Anagrams

• Klar, klar, Karl, Lark, lark

Noun

kral m (plural kralë, definite krali, definite plural kralët)

1. (northeastern Gheg) Alternative form of krajl
   • 1937, Carlo Tagliavini, compiler, L'albanese di Dalmazia, page 51, line 13:

     čiš ko mę bǫ biri i kralit păr me dit kuš ăšt ai̯ǫ́?

     [çish ko me bo biri i kralit për me dit kush ësht ajo?]

     what does the son of the king have to do to know who she is?

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kral”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 212a
• Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “kral”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 156f.
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kraľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 204

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قرال (kral), from a South Slavic language. Ultimately from Old High German Karl, name of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kral

1. king

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech král, from Proto-Slavic *korľь. Displaced native form krol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kral/

Noun

kral m anim

1. king

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kral”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kral”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قرال (kral), from a South Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *korľь (“king”) (Serbo-Croatian krȃlj/кра̑љ, Bulgarian крал (kral), Slovene králj). Ultimately from Old High German Karl, name of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɾɑɫ], [kɯˈɾɑɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

kral (definite accusative kralı, plural krallar)

1. king (head of a country)

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech král.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʀal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: kral
• Syllabification: kral

Noun

kral m pers (feminine kralowna, diminutive kralik, related adjective kralowy or kralowski)

1. king

Noun

kral m animal (diminutive kralik)

1. (card games, chess) king

References

• “kral” in Soblex

Etymology

From German Kralle.

Noun

kral (nominative plural krals)

1. claw