gjynah
Albanian
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish گناه (günah).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgjynah m (plural gjynahe)
- (Islam) sin
- Synonym: mëkat
- (colloquial) fault, guilt
- (colloquial) pity, compassion, sympathy
- Synonyms: dhembshuri, keqardhje
- (colloquial) anything bad, wrong or unfortunate
- është gjynah. ― it's a pity.
- sa gjynah! ― what a pity!
Related terms
editInterjection
editgjynah
- (colloquial) Expresses sorrow or regret.
- Synonym: sa keq
References
edit- “gjynah”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 632a
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjynah”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 177f.
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjynaf”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 151a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵünáh”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 143
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