botë

See also: bote, Bote, boté, bóte, and böte

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bwātā, from *bʰúH-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate to Sanskrit भू (bhū́-, “earth, world”) and भूमि (bhū́mi-, “earth, ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔtə/
• Rhymes: -ɔtə
• Hyphenation: bó‧të

Noun

botë f (plural botë, definite bota, definite plural botët)

1. (uncountable) Earth

   Synonym: tokë

   harta e botës ― world map

2. world, planet

   Synonyms: trup qiellor, planet

   botë të panumërta ― infinite worlds

3. totality that encompasses a specific matter; reality

   Synonym: realitet

   bota materiale ― the material world

4. (colloquial) people, mankind

   Synonyms: njerëzi, gjindje, popull

   çuditet gjithë bota ― everyone is surprised

5. society, culture

   Synonym: shoqëri

   bota antike ― the ancient world

6. living things or objects with a common denominator

   bota bimore ― the plant kingdom

7. specific field of human activity

   bota shkencore ― the scientific world

8. all-encompassing inward (perceptions, spirituality, etc.) human experiences

   bota shpirtërore e njeriut ― the spiritual world of humans

9. life on Earth, the objective world, afterlife

   kjo botë ― this world

10. (euphemistic, chiefly northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) epilepsy, convulsion

    Synonyms: epilepsi, sëmundje e tokës, punëherë

    e kapi bota ― they're having a convulsion

11. (central Gheg, Mirditë, Malësi) time, occasion

Declension

Declension of botë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	botë	bota	botë	botët
accusative		botën
dative	boteje	botës	botëve	botëve
ablative			botësh

Noun

botë f (definite bota)

1. (uncountable) ashen to white soil or clay

   Synonym: deltinë

Derived terms

• botoj
• (Standard, Tosk) botror, (Gheg) botnor
• (Standard, Tosk) botëror

Further reading

• “botë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “botë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “botë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34