dyzet

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dy (“two”) +‎ -zet (“twenty”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dyˈzet/

Numeral

dyzet

  1. forty
    Synonym: (dialectal) katërdhjetë

Derived terms
  • dyzetë
  • dyzetkëmbësh
  • dyzetvjeçar
  • dyzetvjetor

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891) “zet”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 483

Further reading
  • “dyzet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “dyzet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 301: “quaranta; cinquanta” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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