gjataman

Albanian

Etymology

From i gjatë (“tall”) +‎ -a- +‎ -man.

Adjective

gjataman (feminine gjatamane) (colloquial)

1. tall, lanky

Noun

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

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

Further reading

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