gjyljak

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كل یاغی (gül yağı).[1]

Noun

gjylják m

  1. (dated) attar of roses

Declension

Declension of gjyljak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjyljak gjyljaku gjyljakë gjyljakët
accusative gjyljakun
dative gjyljaku gjyljakut gjyljakëve gjyljakëve
ablative gjyljakësh

References

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

Further reading

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