Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *antā (desire; breath, soul),[1] from *anja (to breathe) (whence ëj (to blow; to swell)),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (to breathe), + *-tā (nominal suffix). Compare semantics of Tocharian B āñme (wish, desire; self, inner being, soul).[3] Possibly related to the personal name Illyrian *Andis.

Noun edit

ëndë f (plural ënda, definite ënda, definite plural ëndat)

  1. desire, inclination, pleasure
    Pranë teje e kam ëndën.
    I feel pleasure next to you.

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëndë ~ andë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “aj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 5-6:anjô
  3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āñme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 43-44