shenjtërore

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shënjtërore

Etymology

From shenjtë (“holy, sacred”) +‎ -r- +‎ -ore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeɲtəˈɾoɾe/
  • Rhymes: -oɾe
  • Hyphenation: shenj‧të‧ró‧re

Noun

shenjtërore f (plural shenjtërore, definite shenjtërorja, definite plural shenjtëroret) (archaic, religion)

  1. holy place, sanctuary, shrine, chapel (place where relics were preserved)
    Synonym: faltore
  2. apse
    Synonyms: kungë, ajodhimë, absidë, kungore

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “shenjtërore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shënjt […] ërore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 474
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