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zerdeli

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See also: zerdelî

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (zerdali, “wild apricot”)[1]

Noun

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zerdeli f (plural zerdeli)

  1. apricot

Declension

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Declension of zerdeli
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zerdeli zerdelia zerdeli zerdelitë
accusative zerdelinë
dative zerdelie zerdelisë zerdelive zerdelive
ablative zerdelish

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zerdeli”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 527

Further reading

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  • “zerdeli”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “zerdeli”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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