xhiro

Albanian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare German Giro, ultimately from Italian giro. Sense 2 and sense 3 are semantic loans from Italian directly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiɾo/
  • Rhymes: -iɾo

Noun

xhiro f (plural xhiro, definite xhiroja)

  1. (finance, economics) circulation, traffic, flow (of money)
    Synonym: qarkullim
  2. rotation, revolution, spinning, revs (of wheels)
    Synonym: rrotullim
  3. (colloquial) stroll, walk
    Synonym: shëtitje

Derived terms
  • xhiroj

References
  • “xhiro”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2200a
  • Dashi, B. (2013) Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 226f.
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