lojë

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See also: loje, löje, lője, łoje, and łoję

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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Derivative of luaj or loz (aorist lojta).[1]

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Noun

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lojë f (plural lojëra, definite loja, definite plural lojërat)

  1. play, performance
  2. game
  3. toy, plaything
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Etymology 2

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From South Slavic; cf. Serbo-Croatian lȏj, Bulgarian лой (loj, tallow, suet, fat).[2]

Noun

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lojë f (plural loja, definite loja, definite plural lojat)

  1. beautiful, fair-skinned, plump woman
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lojë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 150