gjol

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjoll — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گول (göl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟol/
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

gjol m (plural gjole) (colloquial)

1. lake; swamp

   Synonyms: liqen; kënetë

2. think mud, mire

   Synonyms: baltë, llucë

Derived terms

• gjolishte

 

References

• “gjol,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 624b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjol”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjol”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 148b