vasile

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek βασιλιάς (vasiliás).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

vasile m (definite vasileu) (Arbëresh)

  1. king
    Synonym: mbret
    • 1866, Demetrio Camarda, Appendice al saggio di Grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese, page 168:
      Πeρσὲ, οὔ θάσςe, πeρσὲ, / Ἰ μάδι βασιλέ / Οὐ bούρε dϳάλe;
      [Përse, u thashë, përse, / i madhi vasile / u bure djalë?]
      Why, I said, why, O Great King, You became a boy?
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