shtëpâ

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Only found in some Balkan languages. Compare Bulgarian стопанин (stopanin) and also the related Romanian stăpân, Megleno-Romanian stăpǫn. Possibly linked to an early form of Albanian shtëpi (“house”) or its derivative. See also Greek σπίτι (spíti). Might be from Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ); compare Macedonian стопан (stopan) ‘master, owner’.[1]

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Noun[edit]

shtëpâ m (plural shtëpâj, definite shtëpani, definite plural shtëpâjt)

  1. (Gheg) head shepherd
  2. (Gheg) herdsman of dairy animals
    Synonym: stanar

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpâ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
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