zymbyl

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سنبل (sümbül, “hyacinth”), itself borrowed from Classical Persian سنبل (sunbul), ultimately from Arabic سُنْبُل (sunbul).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zymˈbyl/

Noun

zymbyl m (plural zymbyla, definite zymbyli, definite plural zymbylat)

  1. (botany) hyacinth
  2. (figurative) beautiful and desirable

Declension

Declension of zymbyl
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zymbyl zymbyli zymbyla zymbylat
accusative zymbylin
dative zymbyli zymbylit zymbylave zymbylave
ablative zymbylash

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zymbyl”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 532
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