gjelaman

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Possibly from gjel (rooster, cock) +‎ -a- +‎ -man (derogatory suffix).

Noun

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gjelaman m (plural gjelamanë, definite gjelamani)

  1. swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon)

Further reading

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  • gjelaman”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “gjelaman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980