thëllëzë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === thëllënzë, fëllëzë — Tosk thëllânzë, fëllânzë, fllânxë, fëllâncë — Gheg fëllâzë, fllâzë — Gheg === Etymology === Unknown. Proposed etymologies include: A derivative of thellë (“deep”), as a color adjective. From an unattested variant of Latin fulica (“coot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θəˈɫəzə/ Rhymes: -əzə (Acquaformosa) IPA(key): [ˈθlɔːz] === Noun === thëllëzë f (plural thëllëza, definite thëllëza, definite plural thëllëzat) partridge (Perdix) Near-synonym: turec (figurative, endearing) beautiful girl or bride ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “thëllë́z/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 2063a Lloshi, Xhevat (2010), “thëllëza”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 342a Mann, S. E. (1948), “thëllânzë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534a Gerbino, Gaetano (2010), “thëllë́z/ë”, in Dizionario arbëresh–italiano della parlata arbëreshe di Piana degli Albanesi (in Italian), 2nd edition, Palermo, page 131 Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “θε̯λέζε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 126 Jungg, G. (1895), “fλânz”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 31b Rossi, F. (1875), “fλàɛ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 431f. Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 89: “perdix — fellaɛa” AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 510: “la pernice” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it