havlli

Albanian

havlli

Alternative forms

• havli — Gheg
• avlli, avli

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خاولی (havlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑvˈɫi/
• Rhymes: -ɫi
• Hyphenation: hav‧llí

Noun

havlli f (plural havllí, definite havllía, definite plural havllítë) (archaic, colloquial)

1. towel, bath towel

   Synonym: peshqir

2. handkerchief

   Synonym: shami

Declension

Declension of havlli

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	havlli	havllia	havlli	havllitë
accusative		havllinë
dative	havllie	havllisë	havllive	havllive
ablative			havllish

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “havlli”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “havlí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 156