tambël

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tamël, tomël
• tamlë, tamblë

Etymology

From të ambël / të ëmbël n (“sweet”). For similar “milk” ~ “sweet” relations compare Persian شیرین (širin), Proto-Turkic *sǖčig.

Pronunciation

• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈtɑ̃m(b)əl], [-ˈɒ̃-]

Noun

tambël m (definite tambli) (Gheg)

1. milk

   Synonym: qumësht

2. whey

   Synonym: hirrë

3. Alternative form of tëmbël

Derived terms

• tamblagjak
• tamblak
• tamblatore
• tamblore
• tambluc

 

References

• Topalli, K. (2017) “tambël”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1445
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “tâmbël”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 509b
• Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “tambl̥”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 265
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “tamël”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 87b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ámɛľɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 10
• Jungg, G. (1895) “tamel”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 153b
• Rossi, F. (1875) “tàmbel”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1249
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 44: “lac, latte — tamble”