dasma

See also: Dasma

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • darsma [dɒɾsma] (Gheg)[1]
  • ντάσμα [dasma] (Arvanite)[2]

Etymology

Goes back to Proto-Albanian *dartšimā, originally, "wedding feast", derived from darkë.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dasma]

Noun

dasma f

  1. weddings

Derived terms
  • dasëm (Standard, Tosk), darsëm (Gheg)
  • dasmë (Standard, Tosk), darsmë (Gheg)
  • dasmat (Standard, Tosk), darsmat (Gheg)
  • dasmor (Standard, Tosk), darsmor (Gheg)

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 21, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 184, by Markos Botsaris
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dasma”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

Further reading
  • Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 444, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN.
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