afërditë

See also: Afërditë

Albanian

Etymology

Compound from afër (“nearby, close”) +‎ ditë (“day”);[1] ditë (“day”) from Proto-Albanian *dīti, from Proto-Indo-European *dih₂tis (“division”). Referring to the planet Venus or the morning star (compare Bardhyl).

Noun

afërditë f (plural afërdita)

  1. dawn, daybreak

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “afërditë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1

Further reading

  • Newmark, L. (1999) “afërditë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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