perëndi

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • perendi, perundi, perudi, perndi, parandi
  • (Gheg) perenni [peɾenní] [1]
  • (Arvanite) περεντή (perëndi) [peɾəndi] [2]

Etymology

Disputed. Different interpretations have been proposed:

  1. a possible reflection of the sky and thunder god (from Proto-Indo-European *per-en-, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *per, 'to strike', confer Proto-Indo-European *PeruHnos, and *Perkʷunos), attached to -di, the sky-god (Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws); although the Albanian perëndoj, 'to set (of the sun)', from Latin parentare, 'a sacrifice (to the dead), to satisfy', has also been proposed as the origin of the deity.[3][4]
  2. Derived from perëndoj (“to set (of the sun”), which might be borrowed from Latin parentare (“to bring a sacrifice (to the dead), to satisfy”).[5][6][7]
  3. Latin imperantem (“ruling”) (Albanian dielli perëndon ("the sun sets"), perhaps ultimately a calque of Greek ὁ ήλιος βασιλεύει ("the sun sets"), literally "the sun reigns").[8]

Noun

perëndi f (plural perëndi, definite perëndia, definite plural perënditë)

  1. (religion) God
  2. god, deity

Synonyms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 98, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 117 & 84, by Markos Botsaris
  3. West, Martin L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  4. Mallory, James P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Fitzroy Dearborn
  5. If this view is correct, it might point to an Albanian solar cult; Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  6. Jakobson, Roman (1985). "Linguistic Evidence in Comparative Mythology". In Stephen Rudy (ed.). Roman Jakobson: Selected Writings. VII: Contributions to Comparative Mythology: Studies in Linguistics and Philology, 1972–1982. Walter de Gruyter
  7. Treimer, Karl (1971). "Zur Rückerschliessung der illyrischen Götterwelt und ihre Bedeutung für die südslawische Philologie". In Henrik Barić (ed.). Arhiv za Arbanasku starinu, jezik i etnologiju. I. R. Trofenik. pp. 27–33.
  8. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “perëndi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 315-6
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