vishnjë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a South Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *višьňa.[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian ви̏шња, Romanian vișină, Turkish vişne.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvishnjë f (plural vishnja, definite vishnja, definite plural vishnjat)
Adjective
editvishnjë
- (colloquial) cherry colour
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vishnje”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 509
Further reading
edit- “vishnjë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “vishnjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “vishnje”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558