gjije

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A singularized plural of Gheg gjê (“stable, pen”), from Proto-Albanian *saina, identical with the Baltic word for 'wall', from Proto-Indo-European *sēi (“to bind”). Cognate to Lithuanian síena, Latvian siêna.[1]

Noun[edit]

gjije f

  1. stable, house

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjije”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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