zeshkël

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From zeshk (to darken) +‎ -ël.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzeʃkəl/
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Hyphenation: zésh‧kël

Noun

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zeshkël f (plural zeshkla, definite zeshkla, definite plural zeshklat)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) dark, swarthy, tan girl/woman
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Further reading

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  • “zeshkël”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • zeshkël”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006