gjilpërë
Albanian
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)
- needle
- Nuk e di pse ka frikë nga gjilpërat.
- I don't know why he's afraid of needles.
- (medicine, by extension) hypodermic needle
- pin
- (by extension) firing pin
- (colloquial) prickly spine of hedgehog
- door jamb
Declension
Derived terms
- gjilpërëqyqe
- gjilpërëz
- gjilpëroj
- gjilpëryer
References
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjilpërë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
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