gjoja

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كویا (göya/gûya, “as if, supposedly”), from Classical Persian گویا (gōyā).[1]

Adverb

gjoja

  1. (colloquial) supposedly, allegedly
    Synonym: kinse

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “gjoja”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 175
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