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Albanian
Etymology
Unknown. Proposed etymologies include:
- A derivative of thellë (“deep”), as a color adjective.[1]
- From an unattested variant of Latin fulica (“coot”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
thëllëzë f (plural thëllëza, definite thëllëza, definite plural thëllëzat)
- partridge (Perdix)
- Near-synonym: turec
- (figurative, endearing) beautiful girl or bride
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Further reading
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëllëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “θɛłɛzɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 89
- “thëllë́z/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2063a
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “thëllëza”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 342a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “thëllânzë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534a
- Gerbino, Gaetano (2010) “thëllë́z/ë”, in Dizionario arbëresh–italiano della parlata arbëreshe di Piana degli Albanesi (in Italian), 2nd edition, Palermo, page 131
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “θε̯λέζε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 126
- Jungg, G. (1895) “fλânz”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 31b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “fλàɛ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 431f.
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 89: “perdix — fellaɛa”
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 510: “la pernice” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it