jevg

Albanian

Etymology

Back-formation from evgjit, jevgjit, reinterpeting it as a definite plural.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjevɡ/
  • Rhymes: -evɡ

Noun

jevg m (plural jevgj, definite jevgu, definite plural jevgjit); feminine equivalent jevgë

  1. Balkan Egyptian, Jevg
    Synonym: evgjit

Derived terms
  • jevgni
  • jevgnisht

References
  • “jev/g,~gu”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 745b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “Jevg”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170b
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