njoh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gnāska, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-sḱe/o-, from *ǵneh₃- (compare English know, Serbo-Croatian znati, Latin (g)nōscō).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [njɔh]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [njɔf]

Verb

njoh (aorist njoha, participle njohur)

  1. (transitive) to know; recognize; be familiar with

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njoh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 305