vrazhdë

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Either:

  1. a derivative of vras, influenced by Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda, “enmity”) through Bulgarian,(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
  2. borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda) or Bulgarian вражда (vražda) and transformed into an adjective.[1]

Adjective

vrazhdë

  1. hard, rough, unfriendly

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vrazhdë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
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