thëngjill
Albanian
Alternative forms
- thingjill, fëngjill
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tsangila, with *ts- prefix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ ‘charcoal, coal’; compare Lithuanian anglìs, Serbo-Croatian ȕgalj, Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra).[1]
Noun
thëngjill m (indefinite plural thëngjij, definite singular thëngjilli, definite plural thëngjijtë)
- glowing embers, hot coal
- coal, charcoal
- carbon
Synonyms
- (embers, hot coal): prush
- (charcoal): qymyr
- (carbon): karbon
Derived terms
- thëngjillor
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 476.