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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتمال (peştamal, peştemal), փէշթըմալ (peştımal).
Pronunciation
Noun
peshtamall m (plural peshtamalle)
- large towel
- Synonym: peshqir
- large headscarf or shawl worn by women
- Synonyms: shall, shami
- apron
- Synonyms: përparëse, bohçe
- apron, cloak, cape worn by a barber or his clients
- Synonym: rizë
References
- “peshtamáll,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1410b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “peshtamall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 361f.
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pesht-af […] -emall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “peštɛmáł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 330