Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (green). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Italian giallo (literally yellow). Sense 2 is shared with Romanian verde (literally green).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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i verdhë

  1. yellow
  2. pale
    Synonym: i zbehtë
    i verdhë në fytyrëwith a pale face (literally, “pale in the face”)
  3. (colloquial) yellow (of race), mongoloid
    raca e verdhëyellow race
  4. involving crimes and detective work (of a story)
    roman i verdhëcrime novel, mystery novel
  5. (archaic or dialectal) green, fresh-leaves-coloured
    Synonym: i gjelbër
  6. (archaic) gold, golden (of coins)
    Synonym: i artë

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Albanian · ngjyra (layout · text)
     bardhë      gri, hirtë      zi
             kuqe; skuqem              portokalle; bojë kafe              verdhë; krem; lylc
                          gjelbër; blertë             
             cijan, kaltër              kaltër              blu
             vjollcë; llullaq              magentë; purpurtë              rozë; trëndafil

Noun

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të verdhë n (plural të verdhët)

  1. jaundice
    Synonym: verdhezë
  2. faint, swoon
    Synonym: të fikët

References

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  • “vérdhë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2132f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “verdhë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 550b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “verθ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 446
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “verξ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 170b
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “vèrξ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1323b
  • Miklosich, Franz (1871) “viridis”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 71
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 184:viridis — verξe