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baltă

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baltă¹

  • [ˈbal.tə]

Where it comes from

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-H- (“to burn bright, gleam; white, pale”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), or whether it is a substrate word. Possibly borrowed from Albanian baltë (“mud”) or its immediate Proto-Albanian/Illyrian ancestor. Cognate with Aromanian baltã, Italian palta (“swamp”) and Greek βάλτος (váltos, “swamp”).

noun bălți · baltă · balta · bălțile

  1. feminine puddle, pond, pool (especially muddy); also swamp

Baltă²

Where it comes from

From baltă.

proper noun lui Baltă

  1. masculine a surname

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MLA

"baltă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/balt%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

baltă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/balt%C4%83

Chicago

"baltă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/balt%C4%83.

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@misc{balta_2026,
  title = {baltă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/balt%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}