vrazhdë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Either:

  1. a derivative of vras, influenced by Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda, enmity) through Bulgarian,(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
  2. borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda) or Bulgarian вражда (vražda) and transformed into an adjective.[1]

Adjective

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vrazhdë

  1. hard, rough, unfriendly
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vrazhdë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 516