shtang

Albanian

Etymology 1

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Verb

shtang (aorist shtanga, participle shtangur)

  1. (transitive) to be stunned, appalled
Conjugation

Noun

shtang m

  1. the tip of an arrow or spear
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *stanga related to Old Norse stinga (to put, to stick), Lithuanian sténgiu, sténgti (to be able), stiñgti (to become hard) and Latvian stiñgt (id).[1]

Adjective

shtang (feminine shtange)

  1. hard (material)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 436

Further reading

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