Gjilan

== English == === Alternative forms === Ghilan, Gilan (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian Gjilan, see there for more. === Proper noun === Gjilan The third largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous district and municipality. A district of Kosovo. A municipality of Kosovo. ==== Synonyms ==== Gnjilane ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === jingal == Albanian == === Alternative forms === Gilan — dated === Etymology === Attested as Church Slavonic Гнилꙗне (Gniljane) (1405), and later by Western travellers as Italian Ghilan (1826), French Guilan (1840), German Gilan ~ Gnilan (1868). Most likely a borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Gnjilane / Гњилане, possibly by mediation of Ottoman Turkish. The cluster /ɡɲ/ was simplified and later reborrowed into the lect of the Serbs coinhabiting the city. See the Serbo-Croatian entry for further explanation. By Albanian sources traditionally considered a corruption of the surname of the Gjinolli family, in its non-Turkified form Gjinaj, who ruled over the area in the 18th century. This must be discarded due to historical evidence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɟiˈlan/ Rhymes: -an === Proper noun === Gjilan m (definite Gjilani) Gjilan (a city, municipality, and district of Kosovo) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Gjilani on the Albanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia sq == French == === Alternative forms === Ghilan, Guilan (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian Gjilan. === Proper noun === Gjilan ? Gjilan (a city, municipality, and district of Kosovo) === Further reading === Gjilan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr == German == === Alternative forms === Gilan, Ghilan (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian Gjilan. === Proper noun === Gjilan ? Gjilan (a city, municipality, and district of Kosovo) === Further reading === Gjilan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Italian == === Alternative forms === Ghilan, Ghilane (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian Gjilan. === Proper noun === Gjilan f Gjilan (a city, municipality, and district of Kosovo) === Further reading === Gjilan on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it