katund
Albanian
Alternative forms
- katûn(d) (Gheg), kotun (South Gheg, Arbanasi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κατοῦνα (katoûna, “soldier's tent, tent camp”).[1][2] Orel derives it as compound of ka (“out, from”) and tund (“to shake, dangle”), supposedly a calque of South Slavic *kolyba (“hut”), folk-etymologized from *kolybati (“to shake”);[3] however, Slavic is actually a loan from Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē).
Noun
katund m (indefinite plural katunde, definite singular katundi, definite plural katundet)
- village
- Gjithmonë kanë jetuar në katund.
- They have always lived in the village.
- Gjithmonë kanë jetuar në katund.
- (historical) community of herdsmen
- (historical) widely spread-out village
- (Arvanitic) henhouse; disarray
Synonyms
- fshat
- trevë
Derived terms
- katundar
- katundari
- katundës
- katundisht
References
- Demetrios Moutsos, “Middle Greek ϰατοῦνα and Albanian katunt”, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 88, no. 1 (1974): 59–73.
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “katund”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 736
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “katund”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 174