peshtamall

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • peshtemall, peshtëmall, peshtamoll — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتمال (peştamal, peştemal), փէշթըմալ (peştımal).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peʃtaˈmaɫ/
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

peshtamall m (plural peshtamalle)

  1. large towel
    Synonym: peshqir
  2. large headscarf or shawl worn by women
    Synonyms: shall, shami
  3. apron
    Synonyms: përparëse, bohçe
  4. apron, cloak, cape worn by a barber or his clients
    Synonym: rizë

References
  • “peshtamáll,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1410b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “peshtamall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 361f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pesht-af […] -emall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “peštɛmáł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 330
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