zôjë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Standard, Tosk) zonjë
  • (Gheg) zoj, ɛoi [1]
  • (Arvanite) ζόνηε, ζόgne [2]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zoːj]

Noun

zôjë f (plural zôja, definite zôja, definite plural zôjat)

  1. (Gheg) lady
  2. (Gheg) madam

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 151, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 113 & 182, by Markos Botsaris
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