lalë

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See also: lale

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately a babble word, compare jajë (“aunt”). Compare also Aromanian lalã (“uncle”), Greek λαλάς (lalás, “grandfather, governor, mentor”), λαλά (lalá, “grandmother”), Calabrian Greek leḍḍé (“brother”), leḍḍá (“sister”).[1] Possibly from dialectal Persian لالا (lâlâ, “elder brother”) via dialectal Ottoman Turkish لالا (lala),[2] compare dialectal sense “sister”,[3] whereas the standard and widely attested sense is “tutor”.[2] Sense 2 may have possibly arisen given the reported usage of the word as particular of the region.[1]

Noun

lalë m (plural lalë, definite lala)

  1. (colloquial) older male relative
    1. father (by his children), especially if young
      Synonyms: atë, baba
    2. older brother (by his siblings)
      Synonym: vëlla i madh
    3. older brother-in-law (by his siblings-in-law)
      Synonym: kunat i madh
    4. uncle (by his nephews and nieces)
      Synonym: xhaxha
    5. term of address for a close friend. mate, dude
    6. (archaic) grandfather[1]
      Synonym: gjysh
  3. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) an inhabitant of Myzeqe
    Synonym: myzeqar

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaľε-a, ľaľo-ua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 236
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “lalë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 278
  3. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lala”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2933

Further reading

  • “lalë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “lalë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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