djalë

== Albanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *dela, from *dʰeh₁-l-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l- (compare Latvian dêls (“son”), Latin filius (“son”), Old English delu (“teat”), Old Armenian դալ (dal)), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Originally a neuter noun, as it appears in Buzuku's Meshari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /djalə/ (Tosk) IPA(key): /d͡ʒal/ (Gheg) === Noun === djalë m (plural djem, definite djali, definite plural djemtë) boy Vëllai i saj është një djalë shumë joshës. Her brother is a very charming guy. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “djalë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “djalë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press