dolli

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (dolu/dolı, “full; (archaic) cup”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈɫi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

dolli f (plural dolli, definite dollia, definite plural dollitë)

  1. toast (drinking as salutation)

Declension

Declension of dolli
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dolli dollia dolli dollitë
accusative dollinë
dative dollie dollisë dollive dollive
ablative dollish

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dolli”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 136

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “dolli”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “dolli”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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