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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bussola ~ Venetian bùssoła. Doublet of pusullë.
Pronunciation
Noun
busull f (plural busulla)
- compass (for navigation)
- Synonym: kompas
- (figurative) guide, leader
- Synonyms: udhërrëfyes, drejtues
References
- “busull,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 202b
- Dashi, B. (2013) “bussola”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 105
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “búsullë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44a