pusullë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *posъlъ, from *sъlъ (“messenger”).[1] Compare Proto-Slavic *sъlati (“to send”).[2] Dizdari suggests a borrowing from Turkish pusula.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpusullë f (plural pusulla, definite pusulla, definite plural pusullat)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “posullë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “pusullë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1202