zile

See also: Zile, zīle, zīlē, žile, and žíle

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیل (zil), زل (zil) (Turkish zil), from Persian زیر (zir).

Noun

zile f

1. bell

Synonyms

• këmbanë

References

• Meyer, G. (1891) “ziľe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 485

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French les iles (“the islands”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zile/

Noun

zile

1. island

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzile]

Noun

zile f pl

1. plural of zi

Swahili

Adjective

zile

1. N class inflected form of -le (plural only).