moroze

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾoze/
  • Rhymes: -oze
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧ze

Noun[edit]

moroze f (plural moroze, definite moroza, definite plural morozet)

  1. (archaic) fourth wife; that would be wed to a Christian without a lawful union
  2. (derogatory) a woman in a relationship with an already married man
  3. (Tosk) flame, paramour, whore

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Further reading[edit]

  • “moroze”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “morozë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 292