bizele

Albanian

Etymology

From Italian pisello (“pea”), from Vulgar Latin *pisellum, diminutive of Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈzɛlɛ/

Noun

bizele f (plural bizele, definite bizelja, definite plural bizelet)

1. (botany) pea (Pisum sativum)

Further reading

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