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perëndi

perëndi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • perundi
  • (Gheg) pereni [peɾeni] [1]
  • (Arvanite) περεντή (perëndi) [peɾəndi] [2]

Noun

perëndi f (indefinite plural perëndi, definite singular perëndia, definite plural perënditë)

  1. (religion) God
  2. god, deity

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 98, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ↑ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 117 & 84, by Markos Botsaris
  3. ↑ If this view is correct, it might point to an albanian solar cult -- Orel Vladimir - A concise historical grammar of the albanian language, p. 263, Brill, 2000
  4. ↑ Orel Vladimir - Albanian etymological dictionary, pp. 315-316, Brill, 1998

Etymology

Disputed. Different interpretations have been proposed:

  1. Derived from perëndoj ‎(“to set (of the sun”), which might be borrowed from Latin parentare ‎(“to bring a sacrifice (to the dead), to satisfy”)[3]
  2. Latin imperantem ‎(“ruling”) (Alb. dielli perëndon "the sun sets", perhaps ultimately a calque on Greek ο ήλιος βασιλεύει "the sun sets", literally "the sun reigns").[4]
  3. Compound of *perën from earlier *perun, identical with Lithuanian Perkūnas, Proto-Slavic *Perunъ 'god of lightning' + *di from Proto-Indo-European *deywós ‎(“god, deity”), thus originally meaning 'god Perën/Perun'.
  4. Others see a connection to Indo-European *per(-kwu)- "oak god" or "thunder god" by possible association (see Perkwunos)

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