argjend

See also: Argjend

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ërgjënd — Tosk
• argjand, rgjand, rrgjand — Gheg
• ërgjand — old Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin argentum (“silver”). The modern form is possibly borrowed from Italian argento (“silver”), whereas the older form rgjand was directly loaned from Latin. Considering the attested argjand, a prothetic a- (compare Buzuku's ergjand) or contamination from the Italian term cannot be excluded.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɟend/

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• Rhymes: -end

Noun

argjend m (uncountable)

1. silver (metal)

   Synonym: serm

   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari‎^[1], page of ms. A: 062r; of ms. B: 072r, lines 15–16:

     e ћi iane teh beћate en ergandi: e arrih

     [E qi janë të begatë ën ërgjandi e ari.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. silver thread, for embroidery

Declension

Declension of argjend

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	argjend	argjendi
accusative		argjendin
dative/ablative	argjendi	argjendit

Derived terms

• argjendar
• argjenddashës
• argjende pl
• i argjendë
• argjendoj
• argjendor
• argjendpunues
• i argjendtë
• argjendurina pl

Adjective

argjend

1. silver, silvery

   Synonym: i argjendtë

Descendants

• → Aromanian: argheandu

References

• “argjend,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 47b
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “argjând”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 10b
• Meyer, G. (1891), “arǵánt-di”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 15

Further reading

• Topalli, Kolec (2017), “argjend”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 118