laraman

English

Etymology

From Albanian laraman/ Albanian laramanë.

Noun

laraman (plural laramans)

  1. An Albanian crypto-christian during the Ottoman rule of Albania

Translations

Albanian

Etymology

From the term "i larmë" ("two-faced") and -në (“at/in”), from larë (“multicolored”).

Noun

laramán m (plural laramane, definite laramani, definite plural laramanat)

  1. A person who while, publicly converting to another religion (normally Islam), secretly practices Christianity.

Declension

Declension of laraman
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laraman laramani laramane laramanet
accusative laramanin
dative laramani laramanit laramaneve laramaneve
ablative laramanesh

Further reading

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