dolli

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (dolu/dolı, “full; (archaic) cup”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /doˈɫi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

dolli f (plural dolli, definite dollia, definite plural dollitë)

  1. toast (drinking as salutation)

Declension
Declension of dolli
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dolli dolli dollia dollitë
accusative dollinë
dative dollie dollive dollisë dollivet
ablative dollish

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dolli”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 136

Further reading
  • “dolli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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