shatërvan

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shatravan, shatrivan, shatrëvan — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شادروان (şadırvan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃatəɾˈvan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

shatërván m (plural shatërvanë)

  1. jet, spout, spurt (esp. of water)
    Synonym: curril
  2. fountain (ornamental), jet d'eau

Declension

Declension of shatërvan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shatërvan shatërvani shatërvanë shatërvanët
accusative shatërvanin
dative shatërvani shatërvanit shatërvanëve shatërvanëve
ablative shatërvanësh

References

  • “shatërván,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1821a
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “shatërvan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 443
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “shatravan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 469b
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “scatervan”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 125b
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