{"word":"lalë","entries":[{"pos":"noun","senses":[{"gloss":"older male relative","lang":"en","tags":["colloquial","masculine"],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"an inhabitant of Myzeqe","lang":"en","tags":["archaic","derogatory","masculine","sometimes"],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"older male relative; father (by his children), especially if young","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"},{"gloss":"older male relative; older brother (by his siblings)","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"},{"gloss":"older male relative; older brother-in-law (by his siblings-in-law)","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"},{"gloss":"older male relative; uncle (by his nephews and nieces)","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"},{"gloss":"older male relative; term of address for a close friend. mate, dude","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"},{"gloss":"older male relative; grandfather","lang":"en","source":"wikidata"}],"sources":["en-wiktionary","wikidata"],"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 wide","forms":[{"form":"lalë","tags":["plural"]},{"form":"lala","tags":["definite"]},{"form":"lalo","tags":["alternative"]}],"synonyms":["atë","baba"]}],"sources":["en-wiktionary","wikidata"],"frequency":564,"wikipediaCount":9,"url":"https://fjalorishqip.org/fjala/lal%C3%AB/","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","sameMeaning":[{"word":"atë","relation":"listed"},{"word":"baba","relation":"listed"}],"attribution":["Wiktionary (English edition), Albanian entries — CC BY-SA 4.0 (and GFDL)","Wikidata Lexemes (Albanian) — CC0 1.0 (public domain)"]}