nevojë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • novojë (dialectal)
  • nevolë (Cham)

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *nevoľa.[1][2][3][4] For sense 4 compare Greek ανάγκη (anágki) and Italian bisogno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neˈvojə/
  • Rhymes: -ojə

Noun

nevojë f (plural nevoja)

  1. need, necessity
    Synonym: mbëhi
  2. difficult situation, trouble
    Synonyms: hall, shtrëngesë
  3. poverty
    Synonym: varfëri
  4. (euphemistic) human or animal excrement
    Synonym: jashtëqitje

Derived terms

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891), “nevojε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 304
  2. Ylli, Xhelal (1997), “nevojë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 172
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “nevojë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
  4. Omari, Anila (2012), “nevojë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 203–204

Further reading
  • “nevojë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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