mbroj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of mbi + rojë (guard), from ruoj (to guard, to keep). Related to mburojë. According to Orel, borrowed from a Romance language (compare Italian imparare).[1]

Verb

mbroj (aorist mbrojta, participle mbrojtur)

  1. to protect; to defend

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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