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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *lędina (“untilled land”); compare Serbo-Croatian lèdina, Bulgarian леди́на (ledína).[1][2][3][4] Alternatively connected to lëndë, although seemingly unlikely, or perhaps directly from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
lëndinë m (plural lëndina, definite lëndina, definite plural lëndinat)
- untilled land
- meadow
Synonyms
References
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 148
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ледина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëndinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “lëndinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 882-883