llagap

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لقب (laḳab), from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫaˈɡap/
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Hyphenation: lla‧gáp

Noun

llagap m (plural llagape, definite llagapi, definite plural llagapet) (colloquial)

  1. surname
    Synonym: mbiemër
  2. nickname
    Synonym: nofkë

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llagap”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 283

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “llagap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llagap”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255
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