Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From shekull (century) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃekuˈɫoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: she‧ku‧llór

Adjective

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shekullor (feminine shekullore, masculine plural shekullorë, feminine plural shekullore)

  1. age-old, century-old
    Synonym: lashtë
    ullinj shekullorë
    age-old olive trees
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Further reading

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  • “shekullor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • shekullor”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shékull [] óre”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 470