dishman

See also: Dishman

Albanian

Etymology

Together with dishmësor, most likely related to ditshëm (“wise”), from di (“to know”). First attested in the 18th century in the prose texts of Chetta and nowhere else: "Tjerë të urt dishman duanë se këtu qiellë do me thënë..."(Other educated sages would like to [claim] that here 'heaven' means...).[1]

Adjective

dishman (feminine dishmane)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) educated, learned

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “dishman”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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