llaf

Albanian

Alternative forms

• laf m, llafe, lafe f — archaic or dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاف (lâf, “word; chat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫaf/
• Rhymes: -af

Noun

llaf m (plural llafe) (colloquial)

1. word

   Synonym: fjalë

2. chat, conversation

   Synonyms: muhabet, kuvend, bisedë, kuvendim

3. (in the plural) gossip, hearsay, slander

   Synonyms: thashetheme pl, shpifje

Derived terms

• llafator
• llafemadh
• llafepakë
• llafeshumë
• llafje
• llafoj
• llafos

 

Related terms

• llafazan

 

References

• “llaf,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1033b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llaf”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 283
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llaf”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaf”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 233