zymbyl

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سنبل (sümbül, hyacinth), itself borrowed from Classical Persian سنبل (sunbul), ultimately from Arabic سُنْبُل (sunbul).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

zymbyl m (plural zymbyla, definite zymbyli, definite plural zymbylat)

  1. (botany) hyacinth
  2. (figurative) beautiful and desirable

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zymbyl”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 532