Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *besěda (sitting outside, gathering, conversation). Compare Old Church Slavonic бесѣда (besěda, conversation, word) Serbo-Croatian beseda (word, speech), Macedonian беседа (beseda).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bisedë f (plural biseda, definite biseda, definite plural bisedat)

  1. conversation
  2. discussion

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References

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  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “bisedë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 214
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bisedë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  3. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “bisedë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 104