argjend

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

Noun

argjend m (uncountable)

  1. silver (metal)
    Synonym: serm
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari‎, page of ms. A: 062r; of ms. B: 072r, lines 15–16:
      e ћi iane teh beћate en ergandi: e arrih
      [E qi janë të begatë ën ërgjandi e ari.]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. silver thread, for embroidery

Declension

Declension of argjend
singular
indefinite definite
nominative argjend argjendi
accusative argjendin
dat./abl. argjendi argjendit

Derived terms

Adjective

argjend

  1. silver, silvery
    Synonym: i argjendtë

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: argheandu

References

  • “argjend,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 47b
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “argjend ~ argjand”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 8
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “argjând”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 10b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “arǵánt-di”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 15

Further reading

  • Topalli, K. (2017) “argjend”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 118
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