cyle

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

cyle (plural cyles)

  1. Alternative form of sile

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Through many variations ultimately a variant of surle from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cyle m (plural cyle)

  1. (music) Short, single- or double-barreled double-reed instrument with eight fingerholes. aulos, tibia
  2. tibia, shinbone
  3. snout (of a pig)
    Synonyms: turi, feçkë
  4. (music) chanter (of a bagpipe)

Further reading[edit]

  • “cyle”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 234b