daulet

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دولت (devlet). Doublet of dovlet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -et

Noun

daulet m (plural daulete) (archaic)

1. good luck, prosperity

   Synonyms: fat, begati

References

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dovlet”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 138
• Meyer, G. (1891) “dauľét”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 62
• Jungg, G. (1895) “daulet”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 183