shakllaban

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاقلابان (şaklaban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃakɫaˈban/
• Rhymes: -an

Adjective

shakllaban (feminine shakllabane) (derogatory)

1. excessively talkative, gabby

   Synonyms: fjalëshumë, fjalaman, llafazan

2. (regional) inept, slow, awkward, gauche, clumsy

   Synonyms: i mefshtë, i ngathët, i qullët

Derived terms

• shakllabani

 

Noun

shakllaban m

1. chatterbox, talkative person

   Synonyms: fjalaman, llafazan

2. (regional) sluggard, gawk
3. (dialectal) scoundrel

   Synonyms: faqezi, horr, zullumqar

References

• “shakllabán,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1815a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “shakllaban”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 439
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shakllaban”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σ̈ακλαbάν”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 383
• Jungg, G. (1895) “scakλaban”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 125a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “šakłabán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 398