dhenas

Albanian

Etymology

From an Old Gheg plural *dhēna-, from dhe (“earth”). Coined by Francesco Maria da Lecce. First attested in 1702 as a lexicon entry with no other attestation.^[1]

Noun

dhenas f (plural dhenasa, definite dhenasi, definite plural dhenasat)

(obsolete) earthling

References

^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “dhenas”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

[1] Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “dhenas”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

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