zbej
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *dis-banja, prefixed form of *banja (“to appear”), whence modern bëj (“to do, make; (dial.) appear”). Related to Sanskrit भाति (bhāti, “to shine”), Old Irish bán (“white”).[1] Reanalyzable as z- + bëj.
Verb
editzbej (aorist zbeha, participle zbehur)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zbej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 520