botë

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See also: bote, Bote, boté, bóte, and böte

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bwātā, from *bʰúH-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate to Sanskrit भू (bhū́-, “earth, world”) and भूमि (bhū́mi-, “earth, ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

botë f (plural botë, definite bota, definite plural botët)

  1. (uncountable) Earth
    Synonym: tokë
    harta e botës ― world map
  2. world, planet
    Synonyms: trup qiellor, planet
    botë të panumërta ― infinite worlds
  3. totality that encompasses a specific matter; reality
    Synonym: realitet
    bota materiale ― the material world
  4. (colloquial) people, mankind
    Synonyms: njerëzi, gjindje, popull
    çuditet gjithë bota ― everyone is surprised
  5. society, culture
    Synonym: shoqëri
    bota antike ― the ancient world
  6. living things or objects with a common denominator
    bota bimore ― the plant kingdom
  7. specific field of human activity
    bota shkencore ― the scientific world
  8. all-encompassing inward (perceptions, spirituality, etc.) human experiences
    bota shpirtërore e njeriut ― the spiritual world of humans
  9. life on Earth, the objective world, afterlife
    kjo botë ― this world
  10. (euphemistic, chiefly northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) epilepsy, convulsion
    Synonyms: epilepsi, sëmundje e tokës, punëherë
    e kapi bota ― they're having a convulsion
  11. (central Gheg, Mirditë, Malësi) time, occasion

Declension

Declension of botë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative botë bota botë botët
accusative botën
dative bote botës botëve botëve
ablative botësh

Noun

botë f (definite bota)

  1. (uncountable) ashen to white soil or clay
    Synonym: deltinë

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “botë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 33

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980
  • “botë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “botë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “botë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34
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