Tingulli

Tingulli is an Albanian noun meaning 'the sound' or 'tone.' In everyday speech and in technical contexts, it denotes audible phenomena produced by vibration, including music, speech, and environmental noise. The term is widely used in discussions of acoustics, phonetics, and media to refer to the characteristic noise or timbre of something.

Grammatically, tingull is the indefinite form and tingulli is the definite form. Albanian forms nouns with definite suffixes, so 'tingulli' literally means 'the sound.' The word appears in phrases such as 'tingulli i këngës' (the sound of the song) or 'tingulli i radios' (the sound of the radio).

As a surname, Tingulli exists among Albanian-speaking communities, including those in the Balkans and the diaspora. It is one of several family names derived from everyday nouns. People with this surname have contributed to various fields, but no single figure universally defines the name.

The term's usage and surname status reflect the interaction between language and naming practices in Albanian communities.