thëngjill

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thingjill, fëngjill

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *tsangila, with *ts- prefix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal, coal”); compare Lithuanian anglìs, Serbo-Croatian ȕgalj, Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra).

Noun

thëngjill m (plural thëngjij, definite thëngjilli, definite plural thëngjijtë)

1. glowing embers, hot coal
2. coal, charcoal
3. carbon

Synonyms

• (embers, hot coal): prush
• (charcoal): qymyr
• (carbon): karbon

Derived terms

• thëngjillor