kastile

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kasdiyle, “with the intention (of)”).[1]

Adverb

kastile

  1. on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
    Synonym: qëllimisht

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kastile”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 255

Further reading
  • “kastile”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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