gjol

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گول (göl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gjol m (plural gjole) (colloquial)

  1. lake; swamp
    Synonyms: liqen; kënetë
  2. think mud, mire
    Synonyms: baltë, llucë

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References

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  • “gjol,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 624b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjol”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjol”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 148b