shakllaban

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاقلابان (şaklaban).

Pronunciation

Adjective

shakllaban (feminine shakllabane) (derogatory)

  1. excessively talkative, gabby
    Synonyms: fjalëshumë, fjalaman, llafazan
  2. (regional) inept, slow, awkward, gauche, clumsy
    Synonyms: i mefshtë, i ngathët, i qullët

Derived terms

Noun

shakllaban m

  1. chatterbox, talkative person
    Synonyms: fjalaman, llafazan
  2. (regional) sluggard, gawk
  3. (dialectal) scoundrel
    Synonyms: faqezi, horr, zullumqar

References

  • “shakllabán,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1815a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “shakllaban”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 439
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shakllaban”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467b
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σ̈ακλαbάν”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 383
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “scakλaban”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 125a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “šakłabán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 398