majasëll

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • majasill, majasell, miasel, majasil

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مایاسیل (mayasıl).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /majaˈsəɫ/
  • Rhymes: -əɫ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ja‧sëll

Noun

majasëll m (definite majasëlli) (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) hemorrhoid, piles
    Synonym: hemoroide (technical)

Declension

Declension of majasëll
singular
indefinite definite
nominative majasëll majasëlli
accusative majasëllin
dat./abl. majasëlli majasëllit

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “majasëll”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 290

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “majasëll”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “majasëll”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 259
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