havlli

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Albanian

havlli

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خاولی (havlu).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑvˈɫi/
  • Rhymes: -ɫi
  • Hyphenation: hav‧llí

Noun

havlli f (plural havllí, definite havllía, definite plural havllítë) (archaic, colloquial)

  1. towel, bath towel
    Synonym: peshqir
  2. handkerchief
    Synonym: shami

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “havlli”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 197

Further reading

  • “havlli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
  • havlli”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “havlí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 156