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Albanian
Etymology
From i gjatë (“tall”) + -a- + -man.
Adjective
gjataman (feminine gjatamane) (colloquial)
- tall, lanky
Noun
gjataman m (plural gjatamanë, definite gjatamani) (colloquial)
- lanky person (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Further reading
- “gjataman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 603