verdhë
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Italian giallo (literally “yellow”). Sense 2 is shared with Romanian verde (literally “green”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveɾðə/
- Rhymes: -eɾðə
Adjective
i verdhë
- yellow
- pale
- Synonym: i zbehtë
- i verdhë në fytyrë ― with a pale face (literally, “pale in the face”)
- (colloquial) yellow (of race), mongoloid
- raca e verdhë ― yellow race
- involving crimes and detective work (of a story)
- roman i verdhë ― crime novel, mystery novel
- (archaic or dialectal) green, fresh-leaves-coloured
- Synonym: i gjelbër
- (archaic) gold, golden (of coins)
- Synonym: i artë
Derived terms
- ballëverdhë
- ballukeverdhë
- cullufeverdhë
- çehreverdhë
- faqeverdhë
- flokëverdhë
- fytyrëverdhë
- gërshetverdhë
- gushëverdhë
- gjineverdhë
- i verdhemë
- larëverdhë
- leshraverdhë
- leshverdhë
- lëkurëverdhë
- luleverdhë
- mustaqeverdhë
- perçeverdhë
- qimeverdhë
- sqepverdhë
- shamiverdhë
- thumbverdhë
- verdh
- verdhac
- verdhacak
- verdhacuk
- verdhak
- verdhalaq
- verdhalash
- verdhaman
- verdhan
- verdhanik
- verdhanjak
- verdhash
- verdhëllemë
- verdhës
- verdhësi
- verdhësirë
- verdhëz
- verdhëzak
- verdhoj
- verdhosh
- verdhuk
- verdhul
- verdhulloj
- verdhush
- verdhushe
- verdhushkë
- veshverdhë
- zverdh
- zhapëverdhë
See also
bardhë | gri, hirtë | zi |
kuqe; skuqem | portokalle; bojë kafe | verdhë; krem; lylc |
gjelbër; blertë | ||
cijan, kaltër | kaltër | blu |
vjollcë; llullaq | magentë; purpurtë | rozë; trëndafil |
References
- “vérdhë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2132f.
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “verdhë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 550b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “verθ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 446
- Jungg, G. (1895) “verξ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 170b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “vèrξ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1323b
- Miklosich, Franz (1871) “viridis”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 71
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 184: “viridis — verξe”
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