laraman
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Albanian laraman/ Albanian laramanë.
Noun
[edit]laraman (plural laramans)
- An Albanian crypto-christian during the Ottoman rule of Albania
Translations
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the term "i larmë" ("two-faced") and -në (“at/in”), from larë (“multicolored”).
Noun
[edit]laramán m (plural laramane, definite laramani, definite plural laramanat)
- A person who while, publicly converting to another religion (normally Islam), secretly practices Christianity.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | laraman | laramani | laramane | laramanet |
| accusative | laramanin | |||
| dative | laramani | laramanit | laramaneve | laramaneve |
| ablative | laramanesh | |||
Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “laraman”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, Leonard (1999), “laraman”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press