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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لافزن (lafazan, “braggart, boaster”).[1]
Adjective
llafazan (feminine llafazane)
- chatty, loquacious, talkative
- Synonyms: llafator, fjalaman
Noun
llafazan m (plural llafazana, definite llafazani)
- chatterer, chatterbox (talkative person)
- Synonym: fjalaman
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llafazan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 283
Further reading
- “llafazan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “llafazan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- Jungg, G. (1895) “λapaεan”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 72
- Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaf”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 233