kastile

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قصدیله (kast ile, “on purpose”).[1]

Adverb

kastile

  1. (colloquial) on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
    Synonym: qëllimisht

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “kastile”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 255

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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