gjysh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sūša, from earlier *sūsa, from Proto-Indo-European *suHsos (compare Sanskrit सूषा (sūṣā́, “parturient woman”)), variant of *suHnús (compare English son). Compare also the related Romanian ghiuj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟyʃ/

Noun

gjysh m (plural gjyshër or gjysha, definite gjyshi, definite plural gjyshërit or gjyshat)

1. grandfather
2. (colloquial) honorific term for an elderly man
3. (religion) head of a group of Bektashi congregations

Derived terms

• gjyshar
• gjyshatë
• gjyshe
• gjyshër

 

Compounds

• gjyshstërgjysh