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jeshil

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish یشیل (yeşil), from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl (“green”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jeˈʃil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: je‧shíl

Adjective

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jeshil (feminine jeshile)

  1. (colloquial) green
    Synonym: gjelbër
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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “jeshil”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 230

Further reading

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  • “jeshil”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “jeshil”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “jesh […] íl”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170
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