vajzë

See also: vajze

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dialectal vajë +‎ -zë (diminutive suffix), from *varjë, from *varë, contraction of *vëharë, from Proto-Albanian *swesarā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvajzə]

Noun

vajzë f (plural vajza, definite vajza, definite plural vajzat)

  1. girl (female child)
    Synonyms: gocë, çikë, cucë

Declension

Declension of vajzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vajzë vajza vajza vajzat
accusative vajzën
dative vajze vajzës vajzave vajzave
ablative vajzash

Descendants

  • → Greek: βαΐζω (vaḯzo)

Further reading

  • “vajzë”, 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) “vajzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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