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tallaz

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طالاز (talaz), ultimately from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, sea).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tallaz m (plural tallaze, definite tallazi, definite plural tallazet)

  1. wave
  2. (figurative) ardor
  3. (figurative) hardship
  4. glimmer

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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “tallaz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 459
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “tallaz”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1444