Albanian Etymology From i gjatë (“tall”) + -a- + -man. Adjective gjataman (feminine gjatamane) (colloquial) tall, lanky Noun gjataman m (plural gjatamanë, definite gjatamani) (colloquial) lanky person (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) Further reading FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980, page 603Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.