gjiriz

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گریز (giriz).

Pronunciation

Noun

gjiriz m (plural gjirize) (colloquial)

  1. sewer, drain, waste pipe
  2. cesspool, sump
  3. narrow canal covered with stone slabs (e.g. in cultivation fields)
    Hypernym: kanal

References

  • “gjiriz”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980, page 620b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjiriz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 173f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjiriz”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 147b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵerís-zi”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 139