Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لافزن (lafazan, braggart, boaster).[1]

Adjective edit

llafazan (feminine llafazane)

  1. chatty, loquacious, talkative
    Synonyms: llafator, fjalaman

Noun edit

llafazan m (plural llafazana, definite llafazani)

  1. chatterer, chatterbox (talkative person)
    Synonym: fjalaman

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Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llafazan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 283

Further reading edit

  • llafazan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “llafazan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “λapaεan”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 72
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaf”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 233