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Albanian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian близна́к (bliznák, “twin”). Compare also Aromanian biznat (“twin”). Less likely from Latin bigno- (“twin”) suffixed with -ák.
Adjective
binják (feminine binjake)
- same, selfsame, identical, double, twofold, duplex, dual, twin (associated with sub-/objects that were born/created at the same time or a pair that derived from the same root)
- neighboring, adjacent, adjoining (two adjacent, double parts)
- (figurative) similar, alike
Noun
binjak m (plural binjákë, definite binjáku, definite plural binjákët)
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- one/a pair
- corn cob (four or five small cobs glued together)
- (astrology) Gemini sign
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Further reading
- “binjak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006