vazhdë

Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, possibly from an Old Bulgarian *важдам (*važdam) (изваждам (izvaždam)), compare Old Church Slavonic важдати (važdati), either way an internal formation from Slavic vocabulary.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vaʒd]

Noun

vazhdë f (plural vazhda, definite vazhda, definite plural vazhdat)

  1. track made by feet or wheels
  2. passageway through snow
  3. furrow
  4. (figurative) flow, continuity

Synonyms

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012) “vazhdë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175
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