lule

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Albanian[edit]

një lule — a flower

Etymology[edit]

Singularised plural of *lulë, from Proto-Albanian *lulā. An ancient Balkan loanword from an oriental source.

From the substrate source responsible for Persian لاله, Latin līlia, Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), ultimately from Egyptian ḥrrt (flower).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lule f (plural lule, definite lulja, definite plural lulet)

  1. flower

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: λουλούδι (louloúdi)[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lule”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
  2. ^ lule - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

lule m or f by sense (plural lules)

  1. Lule