botë

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See also: bote, Bote, boté, bóte, and böte

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *bwātā, from *bʰúH-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate to Sanskrit भू (bhū́-, earth, world) and भूमि (bhū́mi-, earth, ground, soil).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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botë f (plural botë, definite bota, definite plural botët)

  1. (uncountable) Earth
    Synonym: tokë
    harta e botësworld map
  2. world, planet
    Synonyms: trup qiellor, planet
    botë të panumërtainfinite worlds
  3. totality that encompasses a specific matter; reality
    Synonym: realitet
    bota materialethe material world
  4. (colloquial) people, mankind
    Synonyms: njerëzi, gjindje, popull
    çuditet gjithë botaeveryone is surprised
  5. society, culture
    Synonym: shoqëri
    bota antikethe ancient world
  6. living things or objects with a common denominator
    bota bimorethe plant kingdom
  7. specific field of human activity
    bota shkencorethe scientific world
  8. all-encompassing inward (perceptions, spirituality, etc.) human experiences
    bota shpirtërore e njeriutthe spiritual world of humans
  9. life on Earth, the objective world, afterlife
    kjo botëthis world
  10. (euphemistic, chiefly northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) epilepsy, convulsion
    Synonyms: epilepsi, sëmundje e tokës, punëherë
    e kapi botathey're having a convulsion
  11. (central Gheg, Mirditë, Malësi) time, occasion

Declension

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Noun

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botë f (definite bota)

  1. (uncountable) ashen to white soil or clay
    Synonym: deltinë

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “botë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 33

Further reading

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  • “botë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • botë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “botë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34