gjylap

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كلاب (gülâb), from Classical Persian گلاب (gulāb).[1]

Noun

gjyláp m

  1. rose water

Declension

Declension of gjylap
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjylap gjylapi gjylapë gjylapët
accusative gjylapin
dative gjylapi gjylapit gjylapëve gjylapëve
ablative gjylapësh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “gjylap”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 176

Further reading

  • gjylap”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “gjylap”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary