avashllëk

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یواشلق (yavaşlık). By surface analysis, avash (slowly) +‎ -llëk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

avashllëk m (uncountable)

  1. slowness, sluggishness
    Synonyms: plogështi, ngadalësi

References[edit]

  • “avashllëk”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 76a