rëngë

See also: réngé, reņģe, and reņģē

Albanian

Etymology

Either an onomatopoeia, or from Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (“ring”), *hrengjan (“to ring, to tinkle”)[1].

Noun

rëngë f (indefinite plural rëngë, definite singular rënga, definite plural rëngat)

  1. ring of phone, bell
  2. blast of gunshot, cannon etc.
  3. lament, cry

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “rëngë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 370
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