xhiro

Albanian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare German Giro, ultimately from Italian giro. Sense 2 and sense 3 are semantic loans from Italian directly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiɾo/
• Rhymes: -iɾo

Noun

xhiro f (plural xhiro, definite xhiroja)

1. (finance, economics) circulation, traffic, flow (of money)

   Synonym: qarkullim

3. rotation, revolution, spinning, revs (of wheels)

   Synonym: rrotullim

5. (colloquial) stroll, walk

   Synonym: shëtitje

Derived terms

• xhiroj

 

References

• “xhiro”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2200a
• Dashi, B. (2013) Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 226f.