Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From i gjatë (tall) +‎ -a- +‎ -man.

Adjective edit

gjataman (feminine gjatamane) (colloquial)

  1. tall, lanky

Noun edit

gjataman m (plural gjatamanë, definite gjatamani) (colloquial)

  1. lanky person (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Further reading edit

  • “gjataman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 603