fshaj

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *pušanja, cognate with Lithuanian pùškinti (to puff), puškénti (to splash), Proto-Slavic *puxati (to blow, to puff).[1]

Verb

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fshaj (aorist fshava, participle fshahë)

  1. to sigh

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fshaj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 189