shëndoshë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Gheg) shnosh [1], scnnosc [2]

Etymology

Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *sānitōsus, from Latin sānus (“healthy”) or sānitās + -ōsus. Compare Romanian sănătos.

Adjective

shëndoshë

  1. sane
  2. able-bodied, fit
  3. chubby, fat, corpulent

References
  1. Google books with Shnosh
  2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 132, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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