Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (ne ise, neyse), whence Turkish neyse.[1]

Adverb edit

nejse

  1. no matter, nevertheless
  2. be that as it may, anyhow

References edit

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “nejse”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 333–334

Further reading edit

  • “nejse”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “nneisè”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 90