kapitlu

Kapitlu is a term used in some languages to denote a chapter or section of a text. It may also appear as a transliteration or in dialectal practice in certain contexts, rather than as a standardized word in a single language.

Etymology and related forms trace kapitlu to Latin capitulum, meaning a small head or heading. Through historical development in various Romance and Balkan languages, the concept shifted to refer to a division of a larger work, such as a book or document, commonly rendered as chapter in English translations.

In Albanian, the direct term for chapter is kapitull, with the definite form kapitulli meaning “the chapter.” The variant kapitlu can occur in transliterations or nonstandard spellings, and is not widely recognized as the standard Albanian form. Other languages with closely related roots use different spellings for the corresponding concept, such as capitol or capitolul, depending on orthographic conventions.

Usage generally involves referencing sequential divisions within literary, legal, or academic works. Kapitlu appears in bibliographic indices, table-of-contents lists, and cross-references where authors or editors indicate the order of sections or chapters. In scholarly contexts, the term may be discussed in relation to terminology for document structure across languages.

See also: Chapter; Capitulum; Capitol (Latin origin); Capitolo (Italian).