vallahi
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish والله (vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللهِ (wallāhi, “by God”).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editvallahi
References
edit- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*vallahi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 497
Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- valla (colloquial)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic وَاللهِ (wallāhi, “by God”).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editvallahi
Categories:
- Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Albanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Albanian terms derived from Arabic
- Albanian 3-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Albanian/ahi
- Rhymes:Albanian/ahi/3 syllables
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian interjections
- Albanian terms with historical senses
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish interjections