peshtamall

Albanian

Alternative forms

• peshtemall, peshtëmall, peshtamoll — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتمال (peştamal, peştemal), փէշթըմալ (peştımal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peʃtaˈmaɫ/
• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

peshtamall m (plural peshtamalle)

1. large towel

   Synonym: peshqir

2. large headscarf or shawl worn by women

   Synonyms: shall, shami

3. apron

   Synonyms: përparëse, bohçe

4. apron, cloak, cape worn by a barber or his clients

   Synonym: rizë

References

• “peshtamáll,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1410b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “peshtamall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 361f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pesht-af […] -emall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “peštɛmáł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 330