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regj

Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin rēgem,[1] accusative of rex. Ultimately a doublet of rig.

Noun edit

regj m (plural regjër)

  1. king
    Synonym: mbret

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Albanian *raugja, with an original meaning 'to smoke', thus related to Old Norse reykr and Old High German rouh (“smoke”).[2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(e)reug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to retch, vomit”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, gurk”).[3]

Verb edit

regj (aorist regja, participle regjur)

  1. to tan (hides), to salt, to clean

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  3. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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