vazhdë
Albanian
Etymology
From a South Slavic language, possibly from an Old Bulgarian *важдам (*važdam) (изваждам (izvaždam)), compare Old Church Slavonic важдати (važdati), either way an internal formation from Slavic vocabulary.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vaːʒd]
Noun
vazhdë f (indefinite plural vazhda, definite singular vazhda, definite plural vazhdat)
- track made by feet or wheels
- passageway through snow
- furrow
- (figuratively) flow, continuity
Synonyms
- gjurmë, tragë, vijë, hulli, brazdë
References
- Omari, Anila (2012), “vazhdë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 174-175