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Albanian
Etymology
From të ambël／të ëmbël n (“sweet”). For similar “milk” ~ “sweet” relations compare Persian شیرین (širin), Proto-Turkic *sǖčig.
Pronunciation
Noun
tambël m (definite tambli) (Gheg)
- milk
- Synonym: qumësht
- whey
- Synonym: hirrë
- Alternative form of tëmbël
Derived terms
References
- Topalli, K. (2017) “tambël”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1445
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “tâmbël”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 509b
- Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “tambl̥”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 265
- Weigand, Gustav (1914) “tamël”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 87b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “ámɛľɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 10
- Jungg, G. (1895) “tamel”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 153b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “tàmbel”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1249
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 44: “lac, latte — tamble”