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thëllëzë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Proposed etymologies include:

  1. A derivative of thellë (deep), as a color adjective.[1]
  2. From an unattested variant of Latin fulica (coot).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thëllëzë f (plural thëllëza, definite thëllëza, definite plural thëllëzat)

  1. partridge (Perdix)
    Near-synonym: turec
  2. (figurative, endearing) beautiful girl or bride

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Further reading

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëllëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “θɛłɛzɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 89
  • “thëllë́z/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 2063a
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “thëllëza”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 342a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “thëllânzë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534a
  • Gerbino, Gaetano (2010) “thëllë́z/ë”, in Dizionario arbëresh–italiano della parlata arbëreshe di Piana degli Albanesi (in Italian), 2nd edition, Palermo, page 131
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “θε̯λέζε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 126
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “fλânz”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 31b
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “fλàɛ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 431f.
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 89:perdix — fellaɛa
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 510: “la pernice” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it