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Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the given name Gjon (“John”), compare Italian barbagianni and Turkish İshak kuşu.
Noun
gjon m (plural gjonë, definite gjoni, definite plural gjonët)
- scops owl (Otus scops)
- Synonyms: gjorës, qokth, qok, rutin, zogth me veshë
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “gjon,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 624b
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “gjoni”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 122a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjon”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 148b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵon”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 141
Etymology 2
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Noun
gjon m
- endive or chicory
References
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjon”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 148b