botë

From Proto-Albanian *bwātā, from *bʰúH-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate to Sanskrit भू (bhū́-, “earth, world”) and भूमि (bhū́mi-, “earth, ground, soil”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bɔtə/
• Rhymes: -ɔtə
• Hyphenation: bó‧të

botë f (plural botë, definite bota, definite plural botët)

1. (uncountable) Earth

   Synonym: tokë

   harta e botës ― world map

2. world, planet

   Synonyms: trup qiellor, planet

   botë të panumërta ― infinite worlds

3. totality that encompasses a specific matter; reality

   Synonym: realitet

   bota materiale ― the material world

4. (colloquial) people, mankind

   Synonyms: njerëzi, gjindje, popull

   çuditet gjithë bota ― everyone is surprised

5. society, culture

   Synonym: shoqëri

   bota antike ― the ancient world

6. living things or objects with a common denominator

   bota bimore ― the plant kingdom

7. specific field of human activity

   bota shkencore ― the scientific world

8. all-encompassing inward (perceptions, spirituality, etc.) human experiences

   bota shpirtërore e njeriut ― the spiritual world of humans

9. life on Earth, the objective world, afterlife

   kjo botë ― this world

10. (euphemistic, chiefly northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) epilepsy, convulsion

    Synonyms: epilepsi, sëmundje e tokës, punëherë

    e kapi bota ― they're having a convulsion

11. (central Gheg, Mirditë, Malësi) time, occasion

botë f (definite bota)

1. (uncountable) ashen to white soil or clay

   Synonym: deltinë

• botoj
• (Standard, Tosk) botror, (Gheg) botnor
• (Standard, Tosk) botëror

• “botë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “botë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “botë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34