argjend

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin argentum (silver).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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argjend m (uncountable)

  1. silver (metal)
    Synonym: serm
  2. silver thread, for embroidery

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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argjend

  1. silver, silvery
    Synonym: i argjendtë

Descendants

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  • Aromanian: argheandu

References

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  • “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, →DOI, page 15

Further reading

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  • Topalli, K. (2017) “argjend”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 118