vasile

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek βασιλιάς (vasiliás).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Noun

vasile m (definite vasileu) (Arbëresh)

1. king

   Synonym: mbret

   • 1866, Demetrio Camarda, Appendice al saggio di Grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese, page 168:

     Πeρσὲ, οὔ θάσςe, πeρσὲ, / Ἰ μάδι βασιλέ / Οὐ bούρε dϳάλe;

     [Përse, u thashë, përse, / i madhi vasile / u bure djalë?]

     Why, I said, why, O Great King, You became a boy?

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