vërdallë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kristoforidhi and Çabej descend it from South Slavic.[1] Alternatively from Turkish vidalı (“threaded, screwed”).[2]

Adverb[edit]

vërdallë

  1. around and around
    i vjen vërdallë
    to go at it by a circuitous route, approach the matter indirectly; speak indirectly

Noun[edit]

vërdallë f (plural vërdallë)

  1. whirlwind
    Synonym: vorbull
  2. (figuratively) confused mess

References[edit]

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), Prishtinë: Rilindja
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “viδε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 472

Further reading[edit]

  • “vërdallë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “vërdallë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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