argjend
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See also: Argjend
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]argjend m (uncountable)
- silver (metal)
- Synonym: serm
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari[1], page of ms. A: 062r; of ms. B: 072r, lines 15–16:
- e ћi iane teh beћate en ergandi: e arrih
- [E qi janë të begatë ën ërgjandi e ari.]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- silver thread, for embroidery
Declension
[edit]Declension of argjend
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]argjend
- silver, silvery
- Synonym: i argjendtë
Descendants
[edit]- → Aromanian: argheandu
References
[edit]- “argjend,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 47b
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “argjend ~ argjand”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 8
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “argjând”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 10b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “arǵánt-di”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 15
Further reading
[edit]- Topalli, K. (2017) “argjend”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 118
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