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)

  1. glowing embers, hot coal
  2. coal, charcoal
  3. carbon

Synonyms
  • (embers, hot coal): prush
  • (charcoal): qymyr
  • (carbon): karbon

Derived terms
  • thëngjillor

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 476.
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