fashë

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See also: fashe and fāshè

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin fascia (band, bandage). Also attested as fashqe (diaper) (which, per Orel, is a singularized plural from *fashqë).[1] Compare Romanian fașă, with the same pronunciation.

Noun

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fashë f

  1. bandage, band, strip
  2. diaper
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Unknown; possibly related to Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, to withhold; to cease).

Noun

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fashë f (plural fasha, definite fasha, definite plural fashat)

  1. tranquillity, calm

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fashqe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 94