gërfej
Albanian
editEtymology
editDisputed:
- according to Orel, a dialectal word from Mirdita previously misinterpreted in meaning; it would have originally meant 'study, office room'. From Byzantine Greek γραφεῖον (grapheîon) (whence Modern Greek γραφείο (grafeío)),[1]
- according to Çabej, from the prefix gër- + fej (plural of fyell).[2]
Noun
editgërfej m
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërfej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
- ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.208