pantallona

Albanian

Alternative forms

• pandallona — dialectal

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)bor.

Spanish Pantaleónder.

Italian Pantaloneder.

French pantalonbor.

Ottoman Turkish پانتالونbor.

Albanian pantallona

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پانتالون (pantalon). The plurality was likely taken from Italian pantaloni pl.

Noun

pantallona f pl

1. trousers, pants

Further reading

• “pantallona”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Çabej, E. (2002) Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes VI: N–Rr, Tirana
• Dashi, B. (2013) Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 316