gjiriz

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjeriz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گریز (giriz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟiˈɾiz/
• Rhymes: -iz

Noun

gjiriz m (plural gjirize) (colloquial)

1. sewer, drain, waste pipe
2. cesspool, sump
3. narrow canal covered with stone slabs (e.g. in cultivation fields)

   Hypernym: kanal

References

• “gjiriz”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 620b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjiriz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 173f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjiriz”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 147b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵerís-zi”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 139