grosh

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from German Groschen, Latin grossus.

Noun

grosh m (plural gróshë, definite gróshi, definite plural gróshët)

  1. (archaic, historical) kurus: Ottoman-era coin with the value of 40 para or 1/100th of a Turkish lira
Declension

Etymology 2

See groshë.

Noun

grosh f

  1. Alternative form of groshë (southern Gheg, Tosk, Tiranë, Berat)

Further reading

  • “grosh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
  • grosh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “grosh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 135