probatin

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pobratimъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

probatin m (plural probatinë, definite probatini, definite plural probatinët)

  1. blood brother
    Synonym: vëllam
  2. (figurative) close friend, companion

Derived terms

References

  • “probatín,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1550b
  • Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “probatim”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 214
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pobrotî [] probatín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 403a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “προbοτῖ-νι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 345
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “probotím”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 354