llagëm

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım, sewer, drain, explosive mine, underground tunnel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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llagëm m (plural llagëme, definite llagëmi, definite plural llagëmet) (colloquial)

  1. underground sewage channel
  2. trench, underground tunnel used for protection
    Synonym: llogore
  3. tunnel in or under the ground used to plant explosives
  4. mine
    Synonym: minierë

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References

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  • “llagëm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • llagëm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llagëm”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 284
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llagëm'”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255