adhuroj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • avroj (Gheg)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrāre (revere, admire, adore) or Italian adorare (adore).[1] According to Orel, it is a learned borrowing from Latin.[2] Attested in Buzuku's Missal as adoronj (influenced by the Italian cognate), while other old authors use the popular term adhëronj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.ðu.ˈɾɔj], [a.ðu.ˈɻɔj]

Verb

adhuroj (aorist adhurova, participle adhuruar)

  1. to adore
  2. to worship

Conjugation

  • Conjugation I, Class I, Subclass 1a / type: -oj; -ohem

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “adhuroj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 74
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “adhuroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1

Further reading

  • “adhuroj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • adhuroj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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