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

References
  • “gjol,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 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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