pishman

Albanian

Alternative forms

• pishmën, pishmënd — Tosk, dialectal
• pishmon — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشیمان (peşiman), پشمان (pişman).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Adverb

pishman (colloquial)

1. regretful, repentant

   Synonym: pendueshëm

   bëhem pishman ― to have regrets

Noun

pishman m (definite pishmani) (archaic)

1. remorse, regret

   Synonym: pendim

References

• “pishman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1489b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “pishman”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 363f.
• Meyer, G. (1891) “pišmán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 240