rroj

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Albanian

Alternative forms

rronj — Arbëresh
rrnoj, rnoj — Gheg

Etymology

Disputed.

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *rēg-n-.^[1]
Topalli supports Mann's proposal of a borrowing from Latin remaneo (“to remain”) and rejects Meyer and Orel's etymologies because they ignore the Gheg form rrnoj.^[2]
Orel considers it a continuation of Proto-Albanian *rānja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁-; akin to Lithuanian róti (“to cope, be ready”).^[3]
Meyer proposes a borrowing from Latin regere (“to direct”).^[4]

Verb

rroj (aorist rrojta, participle rrojtur)

to stay alive, survive
to reside, live, dwell

Derived terms

References

^ Hyllested, Adam, Joseph, Brian (2022) “13-Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European language family
^ Topalli, Kolec (2015) “Nga vepra Fjalor etimologjik i gjuhës shqipe VII”, in Studime Filologjike, numbers 1–2, page 66
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
^ Meyer, G. (1891) “r̄oń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 375

Further reading

Jungg, G. (1895) “rnue (me)”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 119
“rroj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑁄𑀯 (ḍova).^[1]^[2]

Noun

rroj f (nominative plural rroja)

spoon^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ḍōva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 315
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “řoj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 250b
^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e rroj I, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 313b-314a

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