xhingël

Albanian

Etymology

A formation in -ël, from *xhing, an onomatopoeia. Compare English jingle, jangle. See tingull.

Noun

xhingël f (plural xhingla, definite xhingla, definite plural xhinglat)

  1. woman's breast decoration (consisting of metal rings or round thin plates worn around the neck)

Declension

Declension of xhingël
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhingël xhingla xhingla xhinglat
accusative xhinglën
dative xhingle xhinglës xhinglave xhinglave
ablative xhinglash

Synonyms

  • stringël

Derived terms

  • xhingla-mingla

Further reading

  • “xhingël”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “xhingël”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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