njoh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Albanian *gnāska, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from *ǵneh₃- (compare English know, Serbo-Croatian znati, Latin (g)nōscō). According to Oryol, the full-grade was drawn from the aorist.[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. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “njoh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 305

Further reading

  • “njoh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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