fëng

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fangus (mud), whence Italian fango. Jokl claims a borrowing from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, paradise, *meadow), from Proto-Germanic *wangaz (field, meadow).

Noun

fëng m (plural fëngje, definite fëngu, definite plural fëngjet)

  1. Chrysopogon gryllus
  2. Synonym of fëngishtë

Declension

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fëng ~ fang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

Further reading

  • fëng”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “fëng”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980