dushman

• dushmën — dialectal

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşman), from Persian دشمن (došman).

• IPA^(key): /duʃˈman/
• Rhymes: -an

dushman m (plural dushmanë)

1. (colloquial) enemy; conqueror

   Synonyms: armik; pushtues

• “dushman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 388b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dushman”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 140

• dushmanu

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşmen, düşman). Cognate to Romanian dușman.

• IPA^(key): /duʃˈman/

dushman m (plural dushmanj, feminine equivalent dushmanã)

1. enemy

From Persian دشمن (došman).

dushman (plural dushmanlar)

1. enemy