Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گوله (gülle), from Classical Persian گوله (gōla, “cannonball, heavy and round object”).[1]
Noun
gjyle f
- cannonball
Declension
Declension of gjyle
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
|
|
indefinite
|
definite
|
indefinite
|
definite
|
| nominative
|
gjyle
|
gjylja
|
gjyle
|
gjylet
|
| accusative
|
gjylen
|
| dative
|
gjyleje
|
gjyles
|
gjyleve
|
gjyleve
|
| ablative
|
gjylesh
|
References
- ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “gjyle”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 176
Further reading
- “gjyle”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
- Newmark, Leonard (1999), “gjyle”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary