joll

English

Noun

joll (plural jolls)

  1. Alternative form of jol (“a party”)

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یول (yol).

Noun

joll m (plural jolle) (archaic, rare)

  1. way, road
    Synonyms: udhë, rrugë
  2. width
    Synonym: gjerësi

References
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “joλ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 50b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*joll”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 231

Swedish

Noun

joll n

  1. (regional, Hälsingland region) (childish) silliness
    Har hon inte vågat åka ner för rutschkanan än? Vilket joll!
    Hasn't she dared go down the slide yet? What silliness!
    Ska de förbjuda det där nu också? Vilket joll!
    Are they going to make that illegal now too? How silly!

Usage notes

Often of people being (too) hesitant to do things, but also generally of things considered (childishly) ridiculous.

Declension
Declension of joll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative joll jollet joll jollen
Genitive jolls jollets jolls jollens

References
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