cermëli

• cermalë, cërmli, cërmëli, caremli, cermali, cërmal, cimili, cërmëlli, cerrmitkë

Part of a family of bird names originating from a onomatopoetic *cër and related to cëril (see there for more details) + mi (“mouse”). The variants ending in -li and -lli are possibly affected by the suffix -li, of Turkish origin. cërmëllinjë is further influenced by mëllinjë.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛɾməˈli/

cermëlí m (plural cermëlinj, definite cermëliu, definite plural cermëlinjtë)

1. wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: cinxami, çerr, ferrak, cërr; see also Thesaurus:cinxami

• cërmëllinjë

• cërr (“wren; gray, ashen”)
• cëril (“song thrush”)
• cirlë (“blackbird”)
• cirkakeq (“wren”)

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