lalë
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See also: lale
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately a babble word, compare jajë (“aunt”). Compare also Aromanian lalã (“uncle”), Greek λαλάς (lalás, “grandfather, governor, mentor”), λαλά (lalá, “grandmother”), Calabrian Greek leḍḍé (“brother”), leḍḍá (“sister”).[1] Possibly from dialectal Persian لالا (lâlâ, “elder brother”) via dialectal Ottoman Turkish لالا (lala),[2] compare dialectal sense “sister”,[3] whereas the standard and widely attested sense is “tutor”.[2] Sense 2 may have possibly arisen given the reported usage of the word as particular of the region.[1]
Noun[edit]
lalë m (plural lalë, definite lala)
- (colloquial) older male relative
- father (by his children), especially if young
- older brother (by his siblings)
- older brother-in-law (by his siblings-in-law)
- uncle (by his nephews and nieces)
- Synonym: xhaxha
- term of address for a close friend. mate, dude
- (archaic) grandfather[1]
- Synonym: gjysh
- (archaic, sometimes derogatory) an inhabitant of Myzeqe
- Synonym: myzeqar
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaľε-a, ľaľo-ua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 236
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “lalë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 278
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lala”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2933