kumsallë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قومسال (kumsal).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kumsallë f (archaic)

  1. shore, sandbank
    Synonyms: breg, ranishtë

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References[edit]

  • Meyer, G. (1891) “kum”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 213
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*kumsallë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 273