gjilpërë

Albanian

gjilpëra

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *glepanā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to prick, stick); related to gjep.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *salpanā; related to gjalm.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟilˈpəɾə/, /ɟʑɪlˈpəɹ/

Noun

gjilpërë f (plural gjilpëra, definite gjilpëra, definite plural gjilpërat)

  1. needle
    Nuk e di pse ka frikë nga gjilpërat.
    I don't know why he's afraid of needles.
  2. (medicine, by extension) hypodermic needle
  3. pin
  4. (by extension) firing pin
  5. (colloquial) prickly spine of hedgehog
  6. door jamb

Declension

Derived terms

  • gjilpërëqyqe
  • gjilpërëz
  • gjilpëroj
  • gjilpëryer

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjilpërë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
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