thëllëzë

• thëllënzë, fëllëzë — Tosk
• thëllânzë, fëllânzë, fllânxë, fëllâncë — Gheg
• fëllâzë, fllâzë — Gheg

Unknown. Proposed etymologies include:

1. A derivative of thellë (“deep”), as a color adjective.^[1]
2. From an unattested variant of Latin fulica (“coot”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /θəˈɫəzə/
  • Rhymes: -əzə
• (Acquaformosa) IPA^(key): [ˈθlɔːz]

thëllëzë f (plural thëllëza, definite thëllëza, definite plural thëllëzat)

1. partridge (Perdix)

   Near-synonym: turec

2. (figurative, endearing) beautiful girl or bride

• “thëllë́z/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 2063a
• Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “thëllëza”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 342a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “thëllânzë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534a
• Gerbino, Gaetano (2010) “thëllë́z/ë”, in Dizionario arbëresh–italiano della parlata arbëreshe di Piana degli Albanesi (in Italian), 2nd edition, Palermo, page 131
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “θε̯λέζε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 126
• Jungg, G. (1895) “fλânz”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 31b
• Rossi, F. (1875) “fλàɛ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 431f.
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 89: “perdix — fellaɛa”
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 510: “la pernice” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it