datojnë
Datojnë is a verb form in Albanian that is used to express the act of dating in the sense of assigning or determining a calendar date for an event, document, or artifact. In contemporary usage, it appears primarily in formal, archival, historiographic, and archaeological contexts where establishing a date is important for building a chronology. In everyday speech, Albanian speakers more commonly use other expressions for social dating, while datojnë remains a term associated with dating in the sense of temporal designation.
Etymology and form: The term is linked to the Albanian noun data, meaning date. Datojnë is the
Usage and nuances: In libraries, archives, museums, and scholarly writing, datojnë appears when describing the process
See also: Date, Dating, Chronology, Albanian language.
Notes: As with any dating activity, the use of datojnë may reflect uncertainty when sources are incomplete.