lahur

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • lahurí f

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاهوری (lâhuri). The masculine was likely mediated by Greek λαχούρι (lachoúri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈhuɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uɾ

Noun

lahur m (plural lahurë, definite lahuri, definite plural lahurët)

  1. A kind of fabric, usually coloured, used for women's clothing.
  2. A large headscarf, kerchief, shawl, traditionally made of silk, with fringes.
    Synonyms: shami, tullupan
  3. A kind of fringed towel.
    Synonym: peshqir
  4. (dialectal) scarf, neckerchief
    Synonym: shall
  5. (dialectal) handkerchief
    Synonyms: shami, mafër

Declension

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References

  • “lahúr,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “lahur”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 277
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lahúr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 233b
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