Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From a South Slavic language, possibly from an Old Bulgarian *важдам (*važdam) (изваждам (izvaždam)), compare Old Church Slavonic важдати (važdati), either way an internal formation from Slavic vocabulary.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vazhdë f (plural vazhda, definite vazhda, definite plural vazhdat)

  1. track made by feet or wheels
  2. passageway through snow
  3. furrow
  4. (figurative) flow, continuity

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “vazhdë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175