suferinë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDerived from sufroj (“to whisper in somebody's ear”), borrowed from Italian soffiare (“to blow”) or zufolare (“to whistle”). Çabej describes a onomatopoeic origin.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsuferinë f (definite suferina) (uncountable)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sufërinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
Further reading
edit- “suferinë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “suferinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “sufarinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463