totolesh

Albanian

Etymology

Emphatic derivative of lesh.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /totoˈleʃ/

Adjective

totolesh (feminine totoleshe)

  1. credulous, gullible
    Synonyms: sylesh, leshko

Noun

totolésh m or f (plural totoleshi, definite totoleshja, definite plural totoleshët)

  1. dupe, gull (guillible person)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “totolesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

Further reading

  • “totolesh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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