llagap

Albanian

Alternative forms

• galap
• kalap
• llagëp
• llagup

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لقب (laḳab), from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫaˈɡap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Hyphenation: lla‧gáp

Noun

llagap m (plural llagape, definite llagapi, definite plural llagapet) (colloquial)

1. surname

   Synonym: mbiemër

2. nickname

   Synonym: nofkë

Further reading

• “llagap”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “llagap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llagap”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255