colibă
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colibă¹
- /koˈli.bə/
Where it comes from
Related words appear in all Balkan languages. Probably from Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē), possibly through a Slavic language intermediary (Serbian, Bulgarian колиба (koliba)), compare also Albanian koljubë, and Turkish borrowing kulübe. Relation to Persian کلبه (kolbe) unclear. Another somewhat less likely theory suggests the other Balkan language cognates may have originally come from an old Romanian word and that it may be derived from Latin collegia, from collegium. For the uncommon sound shift from g > b, see limbă, barză, întreba, etc.
noun colibe · colibă · coliba · colibele
- hut, shack, hovel, lodge, cabin
Colibă²
Where it comes from
From colibă.
proper noun lui Colibă
- a surname
In English
Talk about this word "colibă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/colib%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. colibă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colib%C4%83 "colibă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colib%C4%83.Cite this
@misc{coliba_2026,
title = {colibă},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colib%C4%83},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
