cyle

English

Noun

cyle (plural cyles)

1. Alternative form of sile

Anagrams

• Cely, cley

Albanian

Alternative forms

• cyl m, cylë, cule, culë, cyllë
• curlë, xurlë, surle

Etymology

Through many variations ultimately a variant of surle from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡syle/
• Rhymes: -yle

Noun

cyle m (plural cyle)

1. (music) Short, single- or double-barreled double-reed instrument with eight fingerholes. aulos, tibia
2. tibia, shinbone
3. snout (of a pig)

   Synonyms: turi, feçkë

4. (music) chanter (of a bagpipe)

Further reading

• “cyle”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 234b