gjol

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gjoll — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گول (göl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟol/
  • Rhymes: -ol

Noun

gjol m (plural gjole) (colloquial)

  1. lake; swamp
    Synonyms: liqen; kënetë
  2. think mud, mire
    Synonyms: baltë, llucë

Derived terms

  • gjolishte

Further reading

  • “gjol”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “gjol,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 624b
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “gjol”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “gjol”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 148b
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