jolldash

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یولداش (yoldaş).

Noun

jolldash m (plural jolldasha) (archaic, rare)

  1. companion
    Synonym: shok

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