krahinë
Albanian
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian krȁjina (“region”) (compare Bulgarian крайна (krajna)),[1] from krȃj (“end, border; region”).[2] More at krah.
Noun
krahinë f (indefinite plural krahina, definite singular krahina, definite plural krahinat)
- region
- province
- countryside, rural area
Related terms
- krah
References
- Xhelal Ylli, Das slawische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 136.
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Århus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 205–6.