vajzë

See also: vajze and Vajzë

Albanian

Një vajzë shqiptare (1884)

Alternative forms

• vajë, varzë, vashë

Etymology

From dialectal vajë +‎ -zë (diminutive suffix), from *varjë, from *varë, contraction of *vëharë, from Proto-Albanian *swesarā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvajzə]
• Homophone: Vajzë

Noun

vajzë f (plural vajza, definite vajza, definite plural vajzat)

1. girl (female child)

   Synonyms: gocë, çikë, cucë

Declension

Declension of vajzë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vajzë	vajza	vajza	vajzat
accusative		vajzën
dative	vajze	vajzës	vajzave	vajzave
ablative			vajzash

Related terms

• vjehërr

Descendants

• → Greek: βαΐζω (vaḯzo)

Further reading

• “vajzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “vajzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press