faskomile

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek φασκομηλιά (faskomiliá).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Noun

faskomile f (definite faskomilea) (Arvanitika)

1. sage (Salvia officinalis)

   Synonym: sherbelë

References

• von Heldreich, Theodor (1862) Die Nutzpflanzen Griechenlands (in German), Athens: Karl Wilberg, page 33
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “faskomiľé”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 100
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “faskomile”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 102b