xhelozi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gelosia. By surface analysis, xheloz (“jealous”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeloˈzi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

xhelozi f (definite xhelozia)

1. jealousy (suspicion of betrayal)
2. jealousy, protectiveness

   E ruan me xhelozi. ― He guards it jealously. (literally, “[…] with jealousy.”)

Declension

Declension of xhelozi

	indefinite	definite
nominative	xhelozi	xhelozia
accusative		xhelozinë
dat./abl.	xhelozie	xhelozisë

References

• “xhelozí,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2198a
• Dashi, B. (2013) “gelosia”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 222