dhunë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === dhurë, dhuni === Etymology === First attested in 1555 by Buzuku as dhunë. From Proto-Albanian *eðunā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-ún-eh₂ (“pain”), from the root *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”), Old Armenian երկն (erkn, “birth pangs”), and Old Irish idu (“pains, birth pangs”). The variant dhurë is the normal Tosk reflex. Orel reconstructs Proto-Albanian *edunti or *adunti, but from the same IE root. === Noun === dhunë f (plural dhuna, definite dhuna, definite plural dhunat) (physical, mental, spiritual) violence, force, coercion, oppression (physical or verbal) humiliation, shaming, dishonor (of a single person or group of people); violation (law) (colloquial) damage, injury blemish ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== dëm fuqi forcë cenim violencë keqpërdorim përdhunim vrull përdhunë pushtet ==== Antonyms ==== nder m krenari f lavdi f ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “dhunë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006