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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *dela, from *dʰeh₁-l-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l- (compare Latvian dêls (“son”), Old English delu (“teat”), Old Armenian դալ (dal)), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Originally a neuter noun, as it appears in Buzuku's Meshari.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
djalë m (plural djem, definite djali, definite plural djemtë)
- boy
- Vëllai i saj është një djalë shumë joshës.
- Her brother is a very charming guy.
2011, Liria Dedvukaj, S'më Meriton, Max Production:Me ty o djalë sa netet kalova- With you, oh boy, how many nights did I pass
Declension
References
- ^ Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, Handbook of Comparative Historical Indo-European Linguistics, 2018, Berlin/Boston, page 1756
Further reading
- “djalë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “djalë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “djalë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary