lule

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See also: Lule, lûlə, and lüle

Albanian

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një lule — a flower

Etymology

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Singularised plural of *lulë, from Proto-Albanian *lulā. For Orel, 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

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Noun

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

  1. flower

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: λουλούδι (louloúdi)[2]

References

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  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: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

Spanish

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Noun

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lule m or f by sense (plural lules)

  1. Lule