vesves

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish وسوسه (vesvese, fesfese), from Arabic وَسْوَسَة (waswasa, “suggestion of the devil, temptation”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vesˈves/
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Hyphenation: ves‧vés

Adjective

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vesves (feminine vesvese)

  1. (also noun, colloquial) anxious, suspicious, worried, concerned person
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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “vesves”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 501

Further reading

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  • “vesves”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “vesves”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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