fashë

See also: fashe and fāshè

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin fascia (“band, bandage”). Also attested as fashqe (“diaper”) (which, per Orel, is a singularized plural from *fashqë).[1] Compare Romanian fașă, with the same pronunciation.

Noun

fashë f

  1. bandage, band, strip
  2. diaper
Synonyms
  • fashaturë

Etymology 2

Unknown; possibly related to Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “to withhold; to cease”).

Noun

fashë f (plural fasha, definite fasha, definite plural fashat)

  1. tranquillity, calm

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fashqe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
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