gjysh

Albanian

/ɟyʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • grandfather
  • (colloquial) honorific term for an elderly man
  • (religion) head of a group of Bektashi congregations

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *sūša derived from Proto-Indo-European *suHsos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*suHsos

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