kërshëndella

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier krëshëndella, borrowed from either Latin Christī nātāle or Christī nātālia.[1]

Proper noun

kërshëndella f (definite kërshëndellat)

  1. Christmas
    Synonym: krishtlindje

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërshëndella”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

Further reading

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