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Etymology

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Blend of shtoji (increase, add) +‎ zot (god) +‎ vallet (folk dance).

Noun

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shtojzovalle f (plural shtojzovalle, definite shtojzovallja, definite plural shtojzovallet)

  1. (mythology) fairy; imagined as a beautiful girl with supernatural powers that lives in forests and mountains while dancing and singing
  2. (figuratively) beautiful girl

Declension

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References

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  • “shtojzovalle”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • shtojzovalle”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006