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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek όρεξη (órexi).[1]
Noun
oreks m (definite oreksi)
- appetite
- Synonym: uri
- Oreksi vjen duke ngrënë. ― Appetite comes with eating.
- (figurative) thirst, desire
- Synonyms: lakmi, dëshirë
Declension
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “oréks”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 315
Further reading
- “oreks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “oreks”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary