argjend

See also: Argjend

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ërgjënd — Tosk
• argjand, rgjand, rrgjand — Gheg
• ërgjand — old Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɟend/
• Rhymes: -end

Noun

argjend m (uncountable)

1. silver (metal)

   Synonym: serm

   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari‎^[1], page of ms. A: 062r; of ms. B: 072r, lines 15–16:

     e ћi iane teh beћate en ergandi: e arrih

     [E qi janë të begatë ën ërgjandi e ari.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. silver thread, for embroidery

Declension

Declension of argjend

	indefinite	definite
nominative	argjend	argjendi
accusative		argjendin
dat./abl.	argjendi	argjendit

Derived terms

• argjendar
• argjenddashës
• argjende pl
• argjendoj
• argjendor
• argjendpunues
• argjendurina pl
• i argjendë
• i argjendtë

 

Adjective

argjend

1. silver, silvery

   Synonym: i argjendtë

Descendants

• → Aromanian: argheandu

References

• “argjend,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 47b
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “argjend ~ argjand”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 8
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “argjând”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 10b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “arǵánt-di”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 15

Further reading

• Topalli, K. (2017) “argjend”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 118