tashti

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of tash (moment (now)) +‎ ti (-arily), cognate to Albanian tash (“now”), tashi (“id”), tesh (“id”) and ndashti (“at/in this moment”). From Proto-Albanian *to-su, locative form of pronominal stem Proto-Albanian *to- (resp. Proto-Albanian *ta ̊).[1] From Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Cognate to Lithuanian tadà (“then, thereupon”) and Sanskrit तदा (ta-dā́, “then”).

See Albanian tash for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taˈʃti]

Adverb

tashti

  1. now, currently, at present, presently, just now, this moment, from now on; momentarily
    Synonyms: tash, tashi, tesh, tani; menjëherë
  2. nowadays, today
    Synonym: sot
  3. (as a particle, interjection) so, well (to attract the attention of others); so, then, hence, thus (conclusion sense)
    Synonyms: atëherë, kështu, pra, prandaj, pas
  • tash (“now”), tashi (“id”), tesh (“id”)
  • qëtash (“right now, immediately, right/straight away”)
  • ndashti (“at/in this moment”)
  • ashtu (“so; as it were”), kështu (“so, thus”)

See also

  • tani (“now”)
  • ni (“now”)
  • nani (“now”)
  • nu (“when”)
  • nime (“real(ly)”), përnime (“for real, really”)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 449 ("tash")

Further reading

  • adverb tashti (tashtí) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
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