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verdhë

Pronunciation: /ˈveɾðə/

“verdhë” is an Albanian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. yellow
  2. pale
  3. yellow (of race), mongoloid
  4. involving crimes and detective work (of a story)
  5. green, fresh-leaves-coloured
  6. gold, golden (of coins)

noun

  1. jaundice
  2. faint, swoon

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”). Adjective sense 4 is a semantic loan from Italian giallo (literally “yellow”). Adjective sense 2 is shared with Romanian verde (literally “green”).

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