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Albanian
Etymology
Univerbation of të zënë fill / të zânë fill n (“beginning”), the neuter nominalisation of the past participle of zë fill (“to begin”, literally “to take thread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zanafillë f (plural zanafilla)
- beginning, start, origin, source, genesis
- Synonyms: fillim, pikënisje, burim, prejardhje, origjinë, kryefill
1685, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 1, discorso 1, page 1, lines 10–12:Persè giξξè cafscèsè pèr arrèsȣe duhetè mej gietunè tè ɛanè fiiλ' ndjerè mb' atè κrȣe […]- [Përse gjithë kafshësë për arrësye duhetë mej gjetunë të zanë fīll' ndjerë mb' atë krye […]]
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References
- “zanafíll/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2209a