vëllam

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See also: vellam

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vëlla (brother). The secondary sense best man is shared with Macedonian побратим (pobratim, literally blood brother).

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Pronunciation

Noun

vëllam m (plural vëllamë, definite vëllami, definite plural vëllamët)

  1. blood brother (non-related, by oath)
    Synonym: probatin
    bëhem vëllam mefraternise with
  2. best man
  3. (dialectal) fraternisation, adelphopoiesis
    Synonym: vëllamëri

Declension

Descendants

Descendants

  • Aromanian: avlami
  • Greek: βλάμης (vlámis)

References

  • “vëllám,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2155a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “vllam”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 561
  • Leotti, Angelo (1916) “vëllám-i”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 183
  • Weigand, Gustav (1914) “vëllā-j vëllám-i”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 99a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βε̯λάμι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 19
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “vɛłā́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 469