Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *centrāre, derivative of Latin centrum.[1]

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Verb edit

qëndroj (aorist qëndrova, participle qëndruar)

  1. to stay, to linger
  2. to stop
  3. (transitive) to reside
  4. to behave
  5. to insist (on a belief, thought)
  6. (transitive) to persevere

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qëndroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360