afërditë
Albanian
Etymology
afërditë (“daybreak, dawn”), compound of afër (“nearby, close”)[1] and ditë (“day”); ditë (“day”) from Proto-Albanian *dīti, from Proto-Indo-European *dih₂tis (“divison”).Referring to the planet Venus or the morning star (compare Bardhyl).
Proper noun
afërditë f (definite afërdita)
- dawn, daybreak
- deity in albanian mythology (albanian variant of Aphrodite, Greek mythology and Roman goddess Venus)
- A female given name Venus, the morning star.
Related terms
- afër
- ditë
- Afërdita
- Afërditë
- afro
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “afërditë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 1