Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish یشیل (yeşil), from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl (green).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jeˈʃil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: je‧shíl

Adjective edit

jeshil (feminine jeshile)

  1. (colloquial) green
    Synonym: gjelbër

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “jeshil”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 230

Further reading edit

  • “jeshil”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • jeshil”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “jesh [] íl”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170