gjoja

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (göya/gûya, as if, supposedly)[1]

Adverb

gjoja

  1. (colloquial) supposedly, allegedly
    Synonym: kinse

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjoja”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 175