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laraman

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Etymology

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From Albanian laraman/ Albanian laramanë.

Noun

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laraman (plural laramans)

  1. An Albanian crypto-christian during the Ottoman rule of Albania

Translations

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From the term "i larmë" ("two-faced") and -në (at/in), from larë (multicolored).

Noun

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laramán m (plural laramane, definite laramani, definite plural laramanat)

  1. A person who while, publicly converting to another religion (normally Islam), secretly practices Christianity.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • “laraman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • laraman”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “laraman”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]