lezet

See also: ležet

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (lezzet, “taste; flavor; pleasure, enjoyment”).[1]

Noun

lezet m (plural lezetë)

  1. (colloquial) pleasant flavour, savor
  2. (colloquial) pleasure
    Ka lezetǃ
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “lezet”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 281

Further reading
  • “lezet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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