gjini

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjeri, gjiri — Tosk
• xheni, xhini — Gheg
• jeni

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *genía (“generation, clan”), compare Sicilian jinìa, Italian genia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟiˈni/

Noun

gjini f (plural gjini, definite gjinia)

1. tribe, clan, kin

   Synonyms: fis, farefis

2. woman's relatives, woman's family
3. (biology) genus
4. gender, sex

   Synonym: seks

5. (linguistics) gender
6. (art) genre
7. kind, sort

   Synonym: lloj

Declension

Declension of gjini

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gjini	gjini	gjinia	gjinitë
accusative			gjininë
dative	gjinie	gjinive	gjinisë	gjinive
ablative		gjinish

Derived terms

• gjinor
• gjinore

 

Further reading

• “gjini”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980