thëngjill

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • thingjill, fëngjill

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsangila, with *ts- prefix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal, coal”).[1]

Noun

thëngjill m (plural thëngjij, definite thëngjilli, definite plural thëngjijtë)

  1. glowing embers, hot coal
    Synonym: prush
  2. coal, charcoal
    Synonyms: qymyr, qymyrgur
  3. carbon
    Synonym: karbon

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëngjill”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 476

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “carbo — ξenghiil”
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