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lalë

“lalë” is an Albanian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. father (by his children), especially if young
  2. older brother (by his siblings)
  3. older brother-in-law (by his siblings-in-law)
  4. uncle (by his nephews and nieces)
  5. term of address for a close friend. mate, dude
  6. grandfather
  7. an inhabitant of Myzeqe

Etymology

Ultimately a babble word, compare jajë (“aunt”). Compare also Aromanian lalã (“uncle”), Greek λαλάς (lalás, “grandfather, governor, mentor”), λαλά (lalá, “grandmother”), Calabrian Greek leḍḍé (“brother”), leḍḍá (“sister”). Possibly from dialectal Classical Persian لالا (lālā, “elder brother”) via dialectal Ottoman Turkish لالا (lala), compare dialectal sense “sister”, whereas the standard and…

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