dhunë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(e)δunā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁(e)dun-eh₂ (“pain, smart”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain, smart, harm”). The variant dhurë occurs beside dhunë with retention of the rhotacism of the intervocalic nasal.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *edunti or *adunti, also cognate to Old Armenian երկն (erkn).[2]

Noun

dhunë f (plural dhuna, definite dhuna, definite plural dhunat)

  1. injury
  2. blemish
  3. violence

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 163
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
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