zë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ze"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯anʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwonos. Compare Messapic den (“voice”) Serbo-Croatian zvono (“bell”), Armenian ձայն (jayn, “voice”).[1]

Noun

zë m (plural zëra, definite zëri, definite plural zërat)

  1. voice
  2. characteristic sound of something
  3. (figurative) reputation
  4. (old) vote
  5. item (of goods, on a list), entry (in a ledger or dictionary)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Albanian zan, from Proto-Albanian *džeina, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- (compare English begin, Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to hold, contain”), Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “force, power”), जयति (jáyati, “to win, conquer”)).[2]

Verb

zë (aorist zura, participle zënë)

  1. to take, occupy
  2. to do, make
  3. to grab, snatch, seize
  4. to catch
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰe or *ǵʰu̯e. Possibly related to zemër (“heart”), with zemër being analyzed as zem-ërë, meaning "the beating one".[3] The term is exclusively found in Arbëresh and is used in the forms zëe and zëje.

Noun

zë

  1. (Arbëresh) soul, mind
  2. (Arbëresh) willpower

References

  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 212
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zë ~ zâ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
  3. Giordano, Emanuele.(2000).Fjalor i arbëreshëve të Italisë. Dizionario degli albanesi d'Italia
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