shtëpâ
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Only found in some Balkan languages. Compare Bulgarian стопанин (stopanin) and also the related Romanian stăpân, Megleno-Romanian stăpǫn. Possibly linked to an early form of Albanian shtëpi (“house”) or its derivative. See also Greek σπίτι (spíti). Might be from Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ); compare Macedonian стопан (stopan) ‘master, owner’.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shtëpâ m (plural shtëpâj, definite shtëpani, definite plural shtëpâjt)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpâ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438